“The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.” LifeLife IsLiteratureSweetTruth IsHorribleBitterBitternessCharmingDeliciousSweet LifeHorrible Life Author:Anatole France
“Children need directing and teaching what is right in a kind, affectionate manner How often we see parents demand obedience, good behavior, kind words, pleasant looks, a sweet voice and a bright eye from a child or children when they themselves are full of bitterness and scolding! How inconsistent and unreasonable this is!” NeedsLooksKindChildrenEyeParentVoiceTeachingSweetDemandBehaviorObediencePleasantBitternessUnreasonableInconsistentAffectionateKind WordsGood BehaviorBright EyesScoldingSweet Voice Author:Brigham Young
“Ah love is bitter and sweet, but which is more sweet the bitterness or the sweetness, none has spoken it.” LoveLove IsSweetBitterBitternessSweetness Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“Impermanence is the very essence of joy-the drop of bitterness that enables one to perceive the sweet.” JoyChangeSweetEssencePerceiveBitternessImpermanence Book:Master of the Vineyard Source: Master of the Vineyard
“My cup of sweets is not unmingled: it is dashed with a bitterness that I cannot hide from myself, disguise it as I will.” SweetCupsBitternessDisguise Book:The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Diversion Illustrated Classics) Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Diversion Illustrated Classics)
“For a well-made cup of coffee is the proper beginning to an idle day. Its aroma is beguiling, its taste is sweet; yet it leaves behind only bitterness and regret. In that, it resembles, surely, the pleasures of love.” WellsMadePleasureBehindsSweetRegretTasteCoffeeCupsBitternessIdleCoffee CupAroma Author:Anthony Capella
“I wouldn't call it bitter. I think it's just sweet. I've always believed my life seems like it's gotten better and better as each decade has gone by. So I don't see any I don't see any bitterness about it.” ThinkingSeemsGoneSweetDecadesBitterBitterness Author:Greg Norman
“Experience life in all possible ways -- good-bad, bitter-sweet, dark-light, summer-winter. Experience all the dualities. Don't be afraid of experience, because the more experience you have, the more mature you become.” WayLightInspirationSpiritualDarkSweetSummerWinterPositivityBitterMatureBitternessDualityBad RelationshipBitter SweetBecoming Enlightened Author:Rajneesh
“I believe in humanity - not just you or Mother, but all mankind. Do I sound like a preacher or a cheap politician making a pretty speech? This is not what I intend to do... I believe in life, that it is sweet and that, for all its occasional bitterness, we-man, that is-are headed toward something better - fulfillment. There is much shame, however, and so much hypocrisy around us and these inhibit our fulfillment as human beings.” MenBelieveHumansMotherHumanityI BelieveSoundHuman BeingsMankindSweetPoliticianSpeechShameI Believe InFulfillmentHypocrisyBitternessPreacherOccasionalSomething Better Author:F. Sionil José
“Although it may not seem like it, this isn’t a story about darkness. It’s about light. Kahlil Gibran says Your joy can fill you only as deeply your sorrow has carved you. If you’ve never tasted bitterness, sweet is just another pleasant flavor on your tongue. One day I’m going to hold a lot of joy.” IfsMayStoriesLightSeemsJoyDarknessSweetSorrowOne DayTonguePleasantBitternessFlavorFever Series Author:Karen Marie Moning
“Beyond the pain, life continues to be sweet. The basics are still there. Beauty, food and friendship, reservoirs of love and understanding. Later, possibly not yet, you are going to need others who will encourage you to make new beginnings. Welcome them. They will help you move on, to cherish happy memories and confront the painful ones with more than bitterness and anger.” NeedsStillsHelpingPainMovingUnderstandingMemoriesSweetPainfulWelcomeCherishBitternessNew BeginningsBasicsReservoirsHappy Memories Author:Rosamunde Pilcher