“On the moral plane, true friends enjoy the same protection as the sense of smell confers upon dogs. They scent the sorrow of their friends, they divine its causes, and they clasp it to their minds and hearts.” MindHeartCausesEnjoyMoralDogDivineFriendsSorrowSmellProtectionPlanesScentHeart And MindTrue Friend Author:Honore de Balzac
“Living the same sorrows three times was a suffering, but it was a suffering to relive even the same joys. The joy of life is born from feeling, whether it be joy or grief, always of short duration, and woe to those who know they will enjoy eternal bliss.” KnowsFeelingsLife IsJoySufferingThreeEnjoyBornGriefSorrowEternalBlissWoeThree TimesJoy Of LifeDuration Book:The Island of the Day Before Source: The Island of the Day Before
“I really enjoy making people laugh; I've discovered that's a great technique. That's as powerful as stirring their sorrow, stirring their compassion, because that befriends you to them. It engages you with them and then you can come in; they will remember that point.” PeopleRememberEnjoyPowerfulCompassionLaughingSorrowTechniqueMaking People LaughStirring Author:Max Lucado
“There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.” PeopleWayHappensEnjoyWorryComedyTroubleSorrowManageAnticipationAnticipateNot Worrying Author:Josh Billings
“The solitary and thoughtful stroller finds a singular intoxication in this universal communion. The man who loves to lose himself in a crowd enjoys feverish delights that the egoist locked up in himself as in a box, and the slothful man like a mollusk in his shell, will be eternally deprived of. He adopts as his own all the occupations, all the joys and all the sorrows that chance offers.” MenJoyEnjoyLosesChanceSorrowOffersUniversalCrowdsBoxesDelightThoughtfulOccupationLockedSolitaryShellsCommunionIntrovertDeprivedIntoxicationLocked UpStrollersMollusks Author:Charles Baudelaire
“It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.” PeopleMenWantYearsEndsUseEnjoyPleasureEmotionMastersSorrowMercyShallowSelf Mastery Book:The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts
“These nights are endless, and a man can sleep through them, or he can enjoy listening to stories, and you have no need to go to bed before it is time. Too much sleep is only a bore. And of the others, any one whose heart and spirit urge him can go outside and sleep, and then, when the dawn shows, breakfast first, then go out to tend the swine of our master. But we two, sitting here in the shelter, eating and drinking, shall entertain each other remembering and retelling our sad sorrows. For afterwards a man who has suffered much and wandered much has pleasure out of his sorrows.” MenNeedsFirstsHeartTwoStoriesShowsRememberSpiritNightEnjoySleepPleasureToo MuchMastersListeningSorrowBedEatingSittingDrinkingEndlessDawnUrgesBreakfastShelterBoresRetellingSwineEating And Drinking Author:Homer
“Children are contemptuous, haughty, irritable, envious, sneaky, selfish, lazy, flighty, timid, liars and hypocrites, quick to laugh and cry, extreme in expressing joy and sorrow, especially about trifles, they'll do anything to avoid pain but they enjoy inflicting it: little men already.” MenChildrenLittlesPainJoyEnjoyLaughingCrySorrowExtremesSelfishLazyLiarsHypocriteTriflesEnviousLittle ManJoys And SorrowsHaughtySneakyContemptuous Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“I wonder if gratefulness is the bridge from sorrow to joy, spanning the chasm of our anxious striving. Freed from the burden of unbridled desires, we can enjoy what we have, celebrate what we've attained, and appreciate the familiar. For if we can't be happy now, we'll likely not be happy when.” IfsJoyDesireEnjoyWonderSorrowGratitudeAppreciateStriveBurdenFamiliarCelebrateBridgesAnxiousGratefulnessChasms Author:Philip Gulley