Joys And Sorrows Quotes - Page 5

• It appears to me impossible that I should cease to exist, or that this active, restless spirit, equally alive to joy and sorrow, should only be organised dust - ready to fly abroad the moment the spring snaps, or the spark goes out, which kept it together. Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable - and life is more than a dream.

  Mary Wollstonecraft

  Dream, Spring, Heart

  Mary Wollstonecraft (2007). “Letters from Scandinavia”, p.55, Lulu.com

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• Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.

  Henri Nouwen

  Happiness, Opportunity, True Joy

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• Give Me Strength This is my prayer to thee, my lord---strike, strike at the root of penury in my heart. Give me the strength lightly to bear my joys and sorrows. Give me the strength to make my love fruitful in service. Give me the strength never to disown the poor or bend my knees before insolent might. Give me the strength to raise my mind high above daily trifles. And give me the strength to surrender my strength to thy will with love.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Prayer, Heart, Roots

  Rabindranath Tagore (2013). “Gitanjali - Song Offerings”, p.36, Read Books Ltd

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• In joy and sorrow all are equal,
  Thus be guardian of all, as of yourself.

  Shantideva

  Joy, Sorrow, Guardian

  Shantideva, Padmakara Translation Group (2008). “The Way of the Bodhisattva”, p.204, Shambhala Publications

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• Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven?

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational Love, Grief, Wine

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.48, Lulu.com

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• Meditation has made me happy, loving, and peaceful-but not every single moment of the day. I still have good times and bad, joy and sorrow. Now I can accept setbacks more easily, with less sense of disappointment and personal failure, because meditation has taught me how to cope with the profound truth that everything changes all the time.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Disappointment, Single Mom, Profound

  Sharon Salzberg (2010). “Real Happiness - Enhanced Ebook Edition: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program”, p.6, Workman Publishing

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• I found myself in a sea in which the waves of joy and sorrow were clashing against each other.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Sea, Joy, Sorrow

  FaceBook post by Naguib Mahfouz from Mar 16, 2013

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