Quotes by Sadness There would seem to be nothing more obvious, more tangible and palpable than the present moment. And yet it eludes us completely. All the sadness of life lies in that fact. In the course of a single second, our senses of sight, of hearing, of smell, register (knowingly or not) a swarm of events and a parade of sensations and ideas passes through our head. Each instant represents a little universe, irrevocably forgotten in the next instant. Milan Kundera elude-ussadnesslying She was experiencing the same odd happiness and odd sadness as then. The sadness meant: We are at the last station. The happiness meant: We are together. The sadness was form, the happiness content. Happiness filled the space of sadness. Milan Kundera sadnessspacetogether Because beyond their practical function, all gestures have a meaning that exceeds the intention of those who make them; when people in bathing suits fling themselves into the water, it is joy itself that shows in the gesture, notwithstanding any sadness the divers may actually feel. When someone jumps into the water fully clothed, it is another thing entirely: the only person who jumps into the water fully clothed is a person trying to drown; and a person trying to drown does not dive headfirst; he lets himself fall: thus speaks the immemorial language of gestures. Milan Kundera sadnesswaterfall She knew that there were all kinds of ways to make a conquest and that one of the surest roads to a woman's genitals was through her sadness. Milan Kundera sadnesskindway She is sadder and sadder, and for a man there is no balm more soothing than the sadness he has caused a woman. Milan Kundera soothingsadnessmen I had a thought, on the way home from the rock field, that the things we don't know about a person are the things that make them human, and it made me feel sad to think that, but sad in that reassuring way that some sadness has, a sadness that says welcome home in twelve different languages. Miriam Toews sadnesshomethinking Your circumstances will only change when you begin to question them. Change begins with a question. Revolutions start with a question. Revolutionize your life.. Do not conform to the emptiness, the sadness, breakdown, failure, weakness...instead REVOLUTIONIZE your life & CONQUER your circumstances. Mirtha Michelle weaknessrevolutionsadness Searching for a better description of this rotting sadness, I came upon the concept of acedia. In Christian theology, it’s an antecedent to sloth, the least sexy of the seven deadly sins. Thomas Aquinas winnowed it down for me: acedia is sorrow so complete that the flesh prevails completely over the spirit. You don’t just turn your back on the world, you turn your back on God. You don’t care, and you don’t care that you don’t care. Mishka sexysadnesschristian Happiness in a tablet. This is our world. Prozac. Daxil. Xanax. Billions are spent to advertise such drugs. And billions are spent purchasing them. You don't even need a specific trauma, just 'general depression' is enough, or anxiety, as if sadness is as treatable as the common cold. Mitch Albom xanaxour-worldsadness The thing that I hate is that Nicholas Kristof style of writing where it's like, "I saw the poor, they made me so sad. What can I do about sadness? I am so brave." It's just like, shut up, man, shut up. Molly Crabapple sadnesshatewriting Most comedians come from a dark past and have a lot of sadness. Molly Shannon sadnessdarkpast Living in a place like Pakistan, very often you meet people who are migrating abroad. And sometimes you'll ask their parents, you know - you didn't try to stop them? Like, why didn't you say, don't go - I'll miss you? Stay with me. And, you know, people say, well, it's best for them. They have to go. And parents, you know, take on that sadness because they know it's better for their children if they leave. Mohsin Hamid sadnesschildrenpeople The sadness of our existence should not leave us blunted, on the contrary--how to remain thin-skinned, vulnerable and stay alive? Montgomery Clift sadnessvulnerablealive My first film - a challenging role and completely different from the persona that was created in Italy. I was this super energetic, vibrant, happy, volumed hair, fitted dresses, the whole Italian va-va-voom thing. And the role was a girl that was really provoking society with being unnecessarily violent - just trying to see what people's limits are. It's a really dark tunnel to get to being nasty, being full of hate. When people hate there's a big sadness and rage within them, so it was interesting to go that dark with my first experience. Moran Atias sadnessgirlhate Feel no sadness because of evil thoughts: it only strengthens them. Nachman of Breslov evil-thoughtssadnessevil Activity is a sovereign remedy for the blues. Myrtle Reed remedysovereignsadness I do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness. Nana Mouskouri appreciatesadnessbelieve when people go away, or when we leave the places we love, or something we treasure goes out of our life - I have always noticed that before it happens - this leaving, this parting - when we think about it beforehand we are overwhelmed with sadness at the loss to come. ... the most unbearable sense of loss, the worst homesickness of all, so I have found, is this loss and sickness we feel beforehand, before we ever leave home. Nan Fairbrother sadnesslosshome The best cure for sadness is doing something. Nancy E. Turner curessadness Serve God joyfully. Let there be no sadness in your life: the only true sorrow is sin. Mother Teresa sadnesssinsorrow«4344454647484950515253»
