Happiness Quote by Sophocles

“But as, in ethics, evil is a consequence of good, so, in fact, out of joy is sorrow born. Either the memory of past…

— Anonymous

“The past, rich with it's pains and joys, shuffles before me, relieving the weary dullness of endless days. I rejoice; I agonize.”

— Rukhsana Ahmad

“Joy, joy, joy! Past ages crowd on thee, but each one remembers, And the future is dark, and the present is spread, Like a…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

“Good at the wrong place and time becomes evil; evil in the right place and time becomes good.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“The amassing of evil brings misery. The accumulation of good brings blessings.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

“In the middle of the night, things well up from the past that are not always cause for rejoicing—the unsolved, the painful encounters, the…

— Jane B. Burka

“Evil endures a moment's flush and then leaves but a burnt up shell”

— Elise Cabot

“There is no greater sorrow then to recall our times of joy in wretchedness.”

— Dante Alighieri

“Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take…

— Leigh Hunt

“When on the eve of glory, whilst brooding over the prospects of a bright and happy future, whilst meditating upon the risky right of…

— Amanda McKittrick Ros

“What an age experiences as evil is usually an untimely reverberation echoing what was previously experienced as good—the atavism of an older ideal.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“There is beauty and darkness in everything. Sorrow in joy, life in death, thorns on the rose.”

— cate tiernan