Grief Quote by Alexandre Dumas

The opposite of joy is not sorrow. It is unbelief.

— Leslie Weatherhead

We should spread joy, but, as far as we can, repress sorrow.

— Michel de Montaigne

Sorrow and frustration have their power. The world is moved by people with great discontents. Happiness is a drug. It can make men blind…

— Winifred Holtby

Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.

— Honore de Balzac

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

— Rene Descartes

Joy is a mystery because it can happen anywhere, anytime, even under the most unpromising circumstances, even in the midst of suffering, with tears…

— Frederick Buechner

…joy runs deeper than despair.

— Corrie Ten Boom

The source of one's joy is also often the source of one's sorrow.

— Jessamyn West

Joy takes away from us the thoughts of our actions; sorrow it is that awakens the soul.

— Margaret of Valois

Is it not strange that while we have an opportunity to choose Positive over Negative, Joy over Sorrow, we often choose the latter?

— RVM

When shared, joy increases and sorrow decreases.

— Tasneem Hameed

Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.

— William Blake