Quotes by Sadness For a moment I had a strange intuition that just this, and in a real, profound sense, is life; and perhaps happiness even - love with a mixture of sadness, reverence, and silent knowledge. Erich Maria Remarque sadnessrealprofound One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often. Erich Fromm sadnesscuriositycompassion Happiness does not exclude sadness - if a person responds to life, he's sometimes happy and sometimes sad. What matters is he responds. Erich Fromm what-matterssadnessdoe The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody. Eric Hoffer sadnessmotherchildren Love, experienced thus, is a constant challenge; it is not a resting place, but a moving, growing, working together; even whether there is harmony or conflict; joy or sadness, is secondary to the fundamental fact that two people experience themselves from the essence of their existence, that they are only one with each other by being one with themselves, rather than by fleeing from themselves. Erich Fromm sadnessessencemoving The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness. The remarkable thing is that the cessation of the inner dialogue marks also the end of our concern with the world around us. It is as if we noted the world and think about it only when we have to report it to ourselves. Eric Hoffer sadnesslonelinessthinking I convinced myself that sadness and compromise were the ways of the world. Erica Jong sadnesswayworld Having lost religious faith and the humanistic values bound up with it, he [man] concentrated on technical and material values and lost the capacity for deep emotional experiences, for the joy and sadness that accompany them. Erich Fromm sadnessreligiousmen A wonderful book . . . Full of sadness, hope, and ultimately love. I found it very moving. Esther Freud sadnessbookmoving If you want to learn how to be happy, you have to know what is sadness first. Etgar Keret sadnesswantfirsts ought we not, from time to time, open ourselves up to cosmic sadness? ... Give your sorrow all the space and shelter in yourself that is its due, for if everyone bears his grief honestly and courageously, the sorrow that now fills the world will abate. But if you do not clear a decent shelter for your sorrow, and instead reserve most of the space inside you for hatred and thoughts of revenge-from which new sorrows will be born for others-then sorrow will never cease in this world and will multiply. Etty Hillesum sadnessgriefrevenge Deep down, I reckon the sweetest moment will come when it's finally all over. When, at last, I know that I can stop fighting. Of course it'll also be a little sad. The sweetest moments, y'know, always come with just a little sadness. Evander Holyfield sadnessfightinglittles Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm. Euripides adversitysadnessdepression Fate finds for every man; his share of misery. Euripides fatesadnessmen Old age is not a total misery. Experience helps. Euripides sadnessagehelping I can mourn internally, just be quiet about it. I have my moments but I'm not a real, expressive person, especially when it comes to like sadness. Faith Evans sadnessrealquiet That was the change in her from ten years ago; that, indeed, was her reward, this haunting, magical sadness which spoke straight to the heart and struck silence; it was the completion of her beauty. Evelyn Waugh sadnessheartyears ...she had regained what I thought she had lost forever, the magical sadness which had drawn me to her, the thwarted look that had seemed to say, "Surely I was made for some other purpose than this? Evelyn Waugh sadnessforeverlooks Cuba laments and expresses its profound sadness for the loss of so many innocent lives and expresses our absolute rejection of acts of terrorism, wherever they may come from. Felipe Perez Roque sadnesslossprofound On a feeling and sensitive mind a demolished forest impresses unmingled sadness, whereas its primeval grandeur must inspire anyone to immeasurable delight, who is susceptible to the beauties of nature. Ferdinand von Mueller sadnessbeautyinspire«1516171819202122232425»
