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Grief allows you to let go of something you have lost only when you begin to accept what you now have in its place. As… — Daniel J. Siegel
I will instruct my sorrows to be proud; for grief is proud, and makes his owner stoop. — William Shakespeare
The old happiness is unreturning. Boy's griefs are not so grievous as youth's yearning. Boys have no sadness sadder than our hope. — Wilfred Owen
It is a part of English hypocrisy or English reserve, that whilst we are fluent enough in grumbling about small inconveniences, we insist on making… — Max Beerbohm
It is better to drink of deep grief than to taste shallow pleasures. — William Hazlitt
Of all the grief's that harass the distressed; sure the most bitter is a scornful jest. — Samuel Johnson
I think you have to deal with grief in the sense that you have to recognize that you have it, and say that it's OK… — Ann Richards
In grief we know the worst of what we feel but who can tell the end of what we fear? — Hannah More
Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes. — Euripides
A bulging portfolio of spiritual experiences matters little if it does not have the power to sustain us through the inevitable moments of grief, loss,… — Jack Kornfield
Youth holds no society with grief. — Euripides
Waste no tears over the griefs of yesterday. — Euripides
The highest honor that God can confer upon his children is the blood-red crown of martyrdom. The jewels of a Christian are his afflictions. The… — Charles Spurgeon
The safe places could only be visited; they could only grant a momentary intuition of sanctuary. The moment always came when we had to return… — Pat Conroy
Spiritual Love is born of sorrow. . . . For men love one another with spiritual love only when they have suffered the same sorrow… — Miguel de Unamuno
There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The cure for grief is motion. — Elbert Hubbard
When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity. — Ben Jonson
Honest plain words best pierce the ear of grief. — William Shakespeare
I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Humans have a sense of spontaneity and emotion. We have a dichotomy between grief and happiness. — Morena Baccarin
If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. That is the lesson, and that lesson alone will save you a lot of grief. — Oprah Winfrey
If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself. — Horace
He that is thy friend indeed, - He will help thee in thy need: - If thou sorrow, he will weep; - If you wake,… — Richard Barnfield
It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of the most studious… — Samuel Johnson

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