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«When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow, it was transformed for me into love.»
«The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live.»
«Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us»
Author: Meister Eckhart
(Theologian, Writer)
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darkness, finds, in darkness, nearest, sorrow, The Light
«What is the noble truth of suffering? Birth is suffering, ageing is suffering and sorrow and lamentation, pain, grief and despair are suffering.»
«The deeper that sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?»
«The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
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heaven, humor, humored, humors, joy, No Secrets, secret, sorrow, source, The Secret
«We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.»
«We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a little joy, then a sorrow, now a sin, then a generous or brave action»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
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Action
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being brave, brave, braver, Braves, braving, contrasted, contrasting, contrasts, equal, generous, joy, patchwork, sin, sorrow