"Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not 'yours,' not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you."
Feeling Sad quotes
Feeling Sad
21 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
21 quotes
Eckhart Tolle
Spiritual Teacher, Author
Kurt Vonnegut
Novelist, Satirist
"I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore."
Jean Racine
Playwright, Poet
"A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy."
Oscar Wilde
Writer
"A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure."
Elvis Presley
Singer, Actor
"How can you lose something you never had, I tell myself when I'm feeling sad."
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