#sorrow

We may not only find faith in God in our sorrow. We may also become faithful to Him in times of calm. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

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Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them. ↗

— Jean Paul

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Remember, the burden of sorrow is doubled when it is borne alone. ↗

— Goran Persson

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It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow. ↗

— George William Curtis

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Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

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What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow? ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

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The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open - this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude. ↗

— Washington Irving

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The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind. ↗

— Washington Irving

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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together. ↗

— Saadi

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