#weep

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#ceases #grave #itself #laugh #other

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#been #deep #delight #find #given

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#door #everyone #front #his #own

I suppose and I hope that the young guys who are out there losing their lives at least feel the same way I did. I shouldn't think about this very much because I'm almost weeping when I think about it. ↗

— Lawrence Halprin

#almost #because #did #feel #guys

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#between #difference #laughs #man #only

The English race is the best at weeping and the worst at laughing. ↗

— Thomas Hearne

#english #laughing #race #weeping #worst

Throughout history, it took centuries for the habits of one culture to materially affect another. Now, that which becomes popular in one country can sweep through others within months. ↗

— Dee Hock

#another #becomes #centuries #country #culture

Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you're gone. Who miss you every single night, especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful, and the ground so very cold. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#among #announce #beautiful #cold #declarations

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself. ↗

— Horace

#first #first of all #grief #me #must

It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep. ↗

— Corazon Aquino

#just #people #sad #sad story #simple