Tagged: sadness
“Well schooled in a false sense of control, we usually cling to the illusion of power as we struggle with the paradoxes of life. Each of us knows those times when we dig in our feet, stiffen our body, tighten our jaw and demand rational explanations for unexplainable events…. As we encounter experiences for which there are no answers, no rational explanations or solutions, we arrive at a point where, in faith, we are asked to stand in a Mystery that far exceeds our human understanding.” -Doris Klein, Journey of the Soul
“Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, ‘I’m not going to make it,’ but you laugh inside – remember all the times you’ve felt that way.” -Charles Bukowski
“On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend’s life also, in our own, to the world.” – Henry David Thoreau, journal entry
“We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.” -Joseph Campbell
“Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches. Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness is like the roots going down into the womb of the earth. Both are needed,and the higher a tree goes, the deeper it goes, simultaneously. The bigger the tree, the bigger will be the roots, in fact, it is always in proportion. That’s its balance.” -Osho Rajneesh
“It’s impossible to make your eyes twinkle when you’re not feeling twinkly yourself.” -Roald Dahl, Danny the Champion of the World
“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.” -Jack Krakauer, Into the Wild
“Sometimes I’m walking along the street and a shaft of sunlight falls in a certain way across the pavement and I just want to cry. Then a second later it’s over, and I decide…because I’m an adult. I decide to not succumb to the momentary melancholy…” –Take this Waltz
“Night is beautiful when you are happy–comforting when you are in grief–terrible when you are lonely and unhappy.” -L.M. Montgomery, Emily’s Quest
“She wasn’t bitter. She was kind of sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just takes time.” – Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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