Bitterness Quote by Graham Greene

Grief is selfish. It is indulged in for self-gratification, not for love. Cosmic man knows the beauty and unreality of death.

— Walter Russell

Grief is the doorway to a man's feelings.

— Robert Bly

Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart

— John Adams

Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say that we devise their misery. But they themselves- in their depravity- design grief greater…

— Homer

Grief is a profound part of recovery and new life. Tears of regrets, remorse and despair waters the roots of love and life itself.…

— Anonymous

all griefs, when there is no bitterness in them, are soothed down by time.

— Jane Welsh Carlyle

Griefs upon griefs! Disappointments upon disappointments. What then? This is a gay, merry world notwithstanding.

— John Adams

One feels as if it could never, never be less. And yet all griefs, when there is no bitterness in them, are soothed down…

— Jane Welsh Carlyle

In our culture I think most people think of grief as sadness, and that's certainly part of it, a large part of it, but…

— Anthony Rapp

Sometimes grief is a comfort we grant ourselves because it's less terrifying than trying for joy.

— Megan Hart

In life we have many disappointments. Those who go on to greater things dwell on the disappointments briefly and then move on

— Zig Ziglar

It is a fact that the majority of a man's griefs comes about through lack of self-control.

— Napoleon Hill