#sorrow

Genius is sorrow's child. ↗

— John Adams

#genius #sorrow

For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness. ↗

— Aeschylus

#burden #burdened #disease #doubles #groans

Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#any #conditions #confession #contrition #good

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more; if future fortunes were known before! ↗

— John Dryden

#busy #busy person #concealed #fate #find

As this world was not intended to be a state of any great satisfaction or high enjoyment, so neither was it intended to be a mere scene of unhappiness and sorrow. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#enjoyment #great #high #intended #mere

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#age #behind #done #left #matter

And almost every one, when age, Disease, or sorrows strike him, Inclines to think there is a God, Or something very like him. ↗

— Arthur Hugh Clough

#almost #disease #every #god #him

Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow. ↗

— Karl Amadeus Hartmann

#sorrow #stream #unending

Sorrows cannot all be explained away in a life truly lived, grief and loss accumulate like possessions. ↗

— Stefan Kanfer

#away #cannot #explained #grief #life

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy. ↗

— Eudora Welty

#go #joy #looking #same #sorrow