“The art of life consists in taking each event which befalls us with a contented mind, confident of good. ... With this method ... rejoice always, though in the midst of sorrows, and possess all things, though destitute of everything.” MindArtEventsSorrowAll ThingsMethodMidstRejoiceDestitute Book:Go up higher; or, Religion in common life (sermons). Source: Go up higher; or, Religion in common life (sermons).
“Sorrow is so woven through us, so much a part of our souls, or at least any understanding of our souls that we are able to attain, that every experience is dyed with its color. This is why, even in moments of joy, part of that joy is the seams of ore that are our sorrow. They burn darkly and beautifully in the midst of joy, and they make joy the complete experience that it is. But they still burn.” StillsSoulMomentsAbleJoyUnderstandingColorSorrowMidstWoven Author:Christian Wiman
“Our respect for the dead, when they are just dead, is something wonderful, and the way we show it more wonderful still. We show it with black feathers and black horses; we show it with black dresses and black heraldries; we show it with costly obelisks and sculptures of sorrow, which spoil half of our beautiful cathedrals. We show it with frightful gratings and vaults, and lids of dismal stone, in the midst of the quiet grass; and last, and not least, we show it by permitting ourselves to tell any number of falsehoods we think amiable or credible in the epitaph.” ThinkingWayStillsShowsLastsBeautifulDeathBlackNumbersHalfWonderfulSorrowQuietStonesHorseDressesGrassMidstFalsehoodSculptureFeathersSpoilCathedralsCredibleEpitaphAmiableVaults Book:Works Source: Works
“In the midst of sorrow, faith draws the sting out of every trouble, and takes out the bitterness from every affliction.” TroubleSorrowDrawsMidstBitternessAffliction Author:Richard Cecil
“With her Florentino Ariza learned what he had already experienced many times without realizing it: that one can be in love with several people at the same time, feel the same sorrow with each, and not betray any of them. Alone in the midst of the crowd on the pier, he said to himself in a flash of anger: 'My heart has more rooms than a whorehouse.” PeopleFeelsHeartSaidRealizingRoomsMy HeartSorrowCrowdsMidstBetrayFlashCholeraPiers Author:Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“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
“While other worldviews lead us to sit in the midst of life’s joys, foreseeing the coming sorrows, Christianity empowers its people to sit in the midst of this world’s sorrows, tasting the coming joy.” PeopleWorldInspirationalGodPainJoyReligionHeavenReligiousChristianityThis WorldSorrowChristian InspirationalEmpoweringMidstPastorWorldviewTastingForeseeing Book:Walking with God through Pain and Suffering Source: Walking with God through Pain and Suffering