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“Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without passion, without business, without entertainment, without care. It is then that he recognizes that he is empty, insufficient, dependent, ineffectual. From the depths of his soul now comes at once boredom, gloom, sorrow, chagrin, resentment and despair.”

Men Soul Care Passion Sorrow Despair Empty Depth Entertainment Boredom Dependent Resentment Idleness Gloom Insufficient Chagrin

Author:Blaise Pascal

“Mere communion with nature, mere contact with the free air, exercise a soothing yet comforting and strengthening influence on the wearied mind, calm the storm of passion, and soften the heart when shaken by sorrow to its inmost depths.”

Mind Heart Passion Nature Air Influence Exercise Sorrow Mere Depth Calm Storm Contact Communion Comforting Soothing Strengthening Communion With Nature

Author:Alexander von Humboldt

“When great depths of unrelenting sorrow are punctuated by great peaks of joy and liberation, the result is delicious.”

Joy Results Sorrow Depth Liberation Mma Delicious Unrelenting

Author:Georges St-Pierre

“Whenever someone sorrows, I do not say, “forget it,” or “it will pass,” or “it could be worse” - all of which deny the integrity of the painful experience. But I say, to the contrary, “It is worse than you may allow yourself to think. Delve into the depth. Stay with the feeling. Think of it as a precious source of knowledge and guidance. Then and only then will you be ready to face it and be transformed in the process.”

Thinking May Feelings Faces Process Forget Ready Source Integrity Sorrow Depth Painful Deny Contrary Guidance Transformed Forget It Painful Experiences

Author:Peter Koestenbaum

“The artist's business is to take sorrow when it comes. The depth and capacity of his reception is the measure of his art; and when he turns his back on his own suffering, he denies the very laws of his being and closes the door on everything that can ever make him great.”

Art Law Artist Suffering Turns Doors Sorrow Capacity Depth Deny Great Art Great Artist Reception

Book:The Journey's Echo: Selections

Source: The Journey's Echo: Selections

“The sorrow which calls for help and comfort is not the greatest, nor does it come from the depths of the heart.”

Heart Doe Helping Sorrow Comfort Depth

Author:Wilhelm von Humboldt

“The depth of my sorrow is the height of my joy.”

Joy Sorrow Depth Height

Author:Genevieve

“Suffering in life can uncover untold depths of character and unknown strength for service. People who go through life unscathed by sorrow and untouched by pain tend to be shallow in their perspectives on life. Suffering, on the other hand, tends to plow up the surface of our lives to uncover the depths that provide greater strength of purpose and accomplishment. Only deeply plowed earth can yield bountiful harvests.”

People Character Hands Earth Pain Purpose Suffering Greater Our Lives Perspective Sorrow Depth Surface Accomplishment Yield Shallow Harvest Sufferings In Life

Author:Billy Graham

“For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well as from the heights of joy.”

Wells Heart Joy Heaven Prayer Cry Sorrow Gratitude And Love Depth Height Leap Glances Love And Gratitude

Author:Therese of Lisieux

“As there are silent depths in the ocean which the fiercest storm cannot reach, so there are silent, holy depths of the hearts of people which the storm of sin and sorrow can never disturb. To reach this silence and to live consciously in it is peace.”

People Heart Sin Silence Sorrow Holy Ocean Silent Depth Storm

Author:James Allen

“Walter's eyes were very wonderful. All the joy and sorrow and laughter and loyalty and aspirations of many generations lying under the sod looked out of their dark-gray depths.”

Eye Joy Lying Dark Wonderful Generations Sorrow Laughter Depth Loyalty Aspiration Gray Joys And Sorrows Sod

Book:The Collected Works of Lucy Maud Montgomery: 20 Novels & 170+ Short Stories, Poems, Letters and Memoirs (Including The Complete Anne Shirley Series, Chronicles of Avonlea & Emily Starr Trilogy): Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of Windy Poplars, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, Emily of New Moon, The Story Girl, The Golden Road, Pat of Silver Bush, The Blue Castle & many more

Source: The Collected Works of Lucy Maud Montgomery: 20 Novels & 170+ Short Stories, Poems, Letters and Memoirs (Including The Complete Anne Shirley Series, Chronicles of Avonlea & Emily Starr Trilogy): Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of Windy Poplars, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, Emily of New Moon, The Story Girl, The Golden Road, Pat of Silver Bush, The Blue Castle & many more

“Give me your hand out of the depths sown by your sorrows.”

Giving Hands Sorrow Give Me Depth

Book:The Poetry of Pablo Neruda

Source: The Poetry of Pablo Neruda

“Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow.”

Book Mistake Sorrow Add Depth Consolation

Book:My Name Is Red

Source: My Name Is Red

“I have had to experience so much stupidity, so many vices, so much error, so much nausea, disillusionment and sorrow, just in order to become a child again and begin anew. I had to experience despair, I had to sink to the greatest mental depths, to thoughts of suicide, in order to experience grace.”

Children Order Grace Sorrow Despair Depression Suicide Errors Depth Vices Stupidity Disillusionment Nausea

Book:Siddhartha: An Indian Tale

Source: Siddhartha: An Indian Tale

“There are those among you who, although young, have already suffered a full measure of grief and sorrow. My heart is filled with compassion and love for you. How dear you are to the Church. How beloved you are of your Heavenly Father. Though it may seem that you are alone, angels attend you. Though you may feel that no one can understand the depth of your despair, our Savior, Jesus Christ, understands. He suffered more than we can possibly imagine, and He did it for us; He did it for you. You are not alone.”

“The thorn is a bridge spanning the muddy depths of agony and sorrow so that one may on the other side dance to the drums of the rose of joy.”

May Joy Sides Flower Sorrow Rose Depth Bridges Agony Muddy

Book:Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black

Source: Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black

“Those who look at the surface of the sea must behold the birth and death of the waves, but those who seek the depths of the ocean behold one indivisible mass of water. Similarly, those who acknowledge "life" and "death" are tossed by sorrow, while those who live in the illimitable superconsciousness behold and feel the One Ineffable Bliss.”

Feels Looks Death Water Sea Birth Sorrow Ocean Mass Depth Wave Surface Acknowledge Bliss Life And Death Indivisible Ineffable Birth And Death

Author:Paramahansa Yogananda

“The greatest attribute of God is Love. The Tree of Life is located in the very depth of our soul. The most perfect and abundant fruit that grows and ripens is Life giving Love; it is the great healing force in the world. Love never fails to meet every demand of the human heart. The Divine principal of Love may be used to eliminate every sorrow, infirmity, in-harmony, ignorance and all mistakes of mankind. Love is God; eternal, limitless, changeless, infinite. It is the pulse of the world, the heartbeat of the Universe.”