Quotes by Grieving Great joys, like griefs, are silent. Shackerley Marmion griefjoygrieving If there is no god, what is left but science? What is left to endow us with any grace? You can tell me the chemical makeup of my skin and my brain, but how can you explain away my soul? And if there is no god to watch over me, chastise me, grieve for me, rejoice for me, make me fear, and make me wonder, what am I but a collection of metals and liquids with nothing to celebrate about my daily living? Sharon Shinn makeupgracegrieving He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen. Seneca the Younger causessorrowgrieving Grief affects job performance, so giving workers time off to grieve can lead to stronger outcomes at work. Sheryl Sandberg griefgrievinggiving I was grateful that Facebook already had generous bereavement policies . Now Facebook employees receive 20 days paid leave to grieve the loss of an immediate family member and 10 days for an extended family member. I'm proud that we're able to do this and I hope more businesses do the same. Only 60 percent of private sector workers get paid time off after the death of a loved one, and then it's usually just a few days. Workers and families deserve better than that. Sheryl Sandberg gratefullossgrieving Grief comes and goes, it ebbs and flows. I think one of the lessons of this for me is that there's no one way to grieve. Everyone does it in their own way, in their own time, and we all process life and its challenges and its ups and downs as they come. Sheryl Sandberg griefgrievingthinking We can grieve over lost powers and memories, or rejoice over gained knowledge and maturity, according to taste. Simon Blackburn maturitygrievingmemories When children have grieving parents it's also common for them to feel an obligation to cheer them up and make them happy. Simon Callow cheergrievingchildren We seem wired to grieve with greenery. Allowing the dead to dissolve into the earth, to become part of the cycle of the seasons, has, for millennia, held the promise of cheating mortality. Simon Schama grievingcheatingpromise You can't really put a time limit on how long someone will grieve. Sisqo grievinglong Do not grieve over someone who changes all of the sudden. It might be that he has given up acting and returned to his true self. Socrates actingselfgrieving I am quite ready to acknowledge . . . that I ought to be grieved at death, if I were not persuaded that I am going to other gods who are wise and good (of this I am as certain as I can be of any such matters), and to men departed who are better than those whom I leave behind. And therefore I do not grieve as I might have done, for I have good hope that there is yet something remaining for the dead. Socrates wisegrievingmen Pain is the difference between what is and what I want it to be. Spencer Johnson differencespaingrieving Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver. Sophocles griefmindgrieving Free your mind from all that troubles you; God will take care of things. You will be unable to make haste in this (choice) without, so to speak, grieving the heart of God, because he sees that you do not honor him sufficiently with holy trust. Trust in him, I beg you, and you will have the fulfillment of what your heart desires. St. Vincent free-your-mindheartgrieving For it is good to cleave to God, and to put our hopes in the Lord, so that, when we have exchanged this poor life for the kingdom of heaven, we may cry aloud: 'Whom have I in heaven but thee? There is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.' Assuredly, when we have found such wealth in heaven, we may well grieve to have sought after poor passing pleasures here on earth. St. Jerome desiregrievingheaven Who would have believed that the daughters of that mighty city would one day be wandering as servants and slaves on the shores of Egypt and Africa, or that Bethlehem would daily receive noble Romans, distinguished ladies, brought up in wealth and now reduced to beggary? I cannot help them all, but I grieve and weep with them, and am completely absorbed in the duties which charity imposes on me. I have put aside my commentary on Ezekiel and almost all study. For today we must translate the precepts of the Scriptures into deeds; instead of speaking saintly words, we must act them. St. Jerome egyptdaughtergrieving No more my heart shall sob or grieve. My days and nights dissolve in God's own Light. Above the toil of life, my soul is a Bird of Fire winging the Infinite. Sri Chinmoy heartgrievingnight Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly. Sophocles too-muchhategrieving It takes moral courage to grieve; it requires religious courage to rejoice. Soren Kierkegaard religiouscouragegrieving«1516171819202122232425»
