“place where man laughs, sings, picks flowers, chases butterflies and pets birds, makes love with maidens, and plays with children. Here he spontaneously reveals his nature, the base as well as the noble. Here also he buries his sorrows and difficulties and cherishes his ideals and hopes. It is in the garden that men discover themselves. Indeed one discovers not only his real self but also his ideal self?he returns to his youth. Inevitably the garden is made the scene of man's merriment, escapades, romantic abandonment, spiritual awakening or the perfection of his finer self.” MenWellsChildrenMadeRealSelfPlaySpiritualLaughingYouthFlowerReturnSorrowSceneBirdPicksIdealsGardenPerfectionDifficultyNobleAwakeningPetCherishButterflyMaking LoveAbandonmentSpiritual AwakeningMaidensReal SelfMerrimentEscapade Author:Confucius
“The true Christian reaction to suffering and sorrow is not the attitude of self-pity, fatalism or resentment; it is the spirit which takes life's difficulties as a God given opportunity, and regards its troubles as a sacred trust, and wears the thorns as a crown.” SelfChristianJoySpiritSufferingOpportunityGivenAttitudeTroubleSorrowDifficultyRegardSacredReactionsPityResentmentCrownsThornsSelf PityFatalismGiven Opportunity Author:James Stewart
“The Savior knows the difficulties of the way and can guide us through whatever sorrows and disappointments may come.” KnowsWayMaySorrowDifficultyDisappointmentGuidesSavior Author:Carole M. Stephens
“The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty.” SorrowDiscoveryDifficultyAdversityInventionLengthHardshipGreat Inventions Book:Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct Source: Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct
“A life without problems or limitations or challenges--life without "opposition in all things," as Lehi phrased it (2 Nephi 2:11)--would paradoxically but in very fact be less rewarding and less ennobling than one which confronts--even frequently confronts--difficulty and disappointment and sorrow.” FactsProblemChallengesSorrowAll ThingsDifficultyDisappointmentLimitationOpposition Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
“A blessed thing it is to have a friend; one human soul whom we can trust utterly; who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults; who will speak the honest truth to us, while the world flatters us to our face, and laughs at us behind our back; who will give us counsel and reproof in a day of prosperity and self-conceit; but who, again, will comfort and encourage us in days of difficulty and sorrow, when the world leaves us alone to fight our own battle as we can.” KnowsWorldGivingHumansSoulSelfFacesFightingSpeakBehindsLaughingWorstHonestSorrowComfortBattleDifficultyBlessedFaultsProsperitySpiteHuman SoulConceitHonest TruthReproof Book:The Works of Charles Kingsley Source: The Works of Charles Kingsley
“If we wait until our lives are free from sorrow or difficulty, then we wait forever. And miss the entire point.” IfsWaitingCourageForeverOur LivesMissingSorrowDifficultySympathyEnjoy LifeCondolencesWaiting For Forever Author:Dirk Benedict
“Happiness is sorrow; sorrow is happiness. There is happiness in difficulty; difficulty in happiness. Even though the ways we feel are different, they are not really different, in essence they are the same. This is the true understanding transmitted from Buddha to us.” WayFeelsDifferentUnderstandingSorrowDifficultyBuddhistTrue Understanding Author:Shunryu Suzuki
“Give me ... a compassionate heart, quickly moved to grieve for the woes of others and to active pity for them, even as our Lord Jesus Christ beheld our poverty and hasted to help us. Give me grace ever to alleviate the crosses and difficulties of those around me, and never to add to them; teach me to be a consoler in sorrow, to take thought for the stranger, the widow, and the orphan; let my charity show itself not in words only but in deed and truth.” GivingHeartHelpingShowsJesusChristChristianityLordPovertyTeachGraceSorrowJesus ChristCrossesGive MeDifficultyMovedAddCharityDeedsStrangerActivePityGrievingCompassionateWoeOur LordWidowsOrphanLord Jesus ChristAlleviateOur Lord Jesus Christ Author:Johann Arndt
“Joys and sorrows are time-born and cannot last. Therefore, do not be perturbed by these. The greater the difficulties and obstructions, the more intense will be your endeavor to cling to His feet and the more will your prayer increase from within. And when the time is ripe, you will gain mastery over this power.” WisdomLastsSpiritualJoyBornPrayerGreaterFeetSorrowGainsDifficultyIncreaseIntenseEndeavorMasteryOur PrayersRipeObstructionJoys And Sorrows Author:Anandamayi Ma
“There is no joy for someone who has no sorrow. There is no pleasure for the one who has no patience No bliss for someone with no misery and no rest for the one with no fatigue. When someone is a little tired, he has long rest. When he endures the difficulty of steadfastness for a time, that leads him to eternal life. All that the people of eternal bliss are in is steadfastness for a time.” PeopleLittlesLongWisdomJoyPleasureSorrowEternalDifficultyTiredMiseryEndureBlissIslamicFatigueEternal LifeSteadfastnessNo Patience Author:Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
“For in prosperity a man is often puffed up with pride, whereas tribulations chasten and humble him through suffering and sorrow. In the midst of prosperity the mind is elated, and in prosperity a man forgets himself; in hardship he is forced to reflect on himself, even though he be unwilling. In prosperity a man often destroys the good he has done; amidst difficulties he often repairs what he long since did in the way of wickedness.” MenWayMindLongDoneSufferingForgetPrideSorrowDifficultyProsperityHumbleMidstHardshipWickednessUnwillingTribulationForget Him Author:Alfred the Great