We gather strength from sadness and from pain Each time we die we learn to live again.

We gather strength from sadness and from pain Each time we die we learn to live again.

If you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours.

If you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours.

I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, read more

I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.

All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.

All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.

'Tis impious in a good man to be sad.

'Tis impious in a good man to be sad.

Sad are only those who understand

Sad are only those who understand

Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance
sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping?

Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance
sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping?

There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm.

There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm.

No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, read more

No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.