“And nothing can we call our own but death And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings.”
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Grieving Quotes — page 45 of 132
“Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to Heaven.”
“Grieving, like being blind, is a strange business; you have to learn how to do it. We seek company in mourning, but after the early bursts of tears, after the praises have been spoken, and the good days remembered, and the lament cried, and the grave closed, there is no company in grief. It is a burden borne alone.”
“In life there is not time to grieve long.”
“May I strike my heart's keys clearly, and may none fail because of slack, uncertain, or fraying strings. May the tears that stream down my face make me more radiant: may my hidden weeping bloom.... How we waste our afflictions!... [T]hey're really our wintering foliage, our dark greens of meaning, one of the seasons of the clandestine year—; not only a season—: they're site, settlement, shelter, soil, abode.”
“Hidden away in the inner nature of the real man is the law of his life, and someday he will discover it and consciously make use of it. He will heal himself, make himself happy and prosperous, and life in an entirely different world. For he will have discovered that life is from within and not from without.”
“Self sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.”
“Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us.”
“Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.”
“Illness is a part of every human being's experience. It enhances our perceptions and reduces self-consciousness. It is the great confessional; things are said, truths are blurted out which health conceals.”
“God does not always heal us instantly the way we think. He is not a jack-in-the-box God. But God is walking with me through this.”
“By God, I shall spend the rest of my life getting my heart back, healing and forgetting every scar you put upon me when I was a child. The first move I ever made, after the cradle, was to crawl for the door, and every move I have made since has been an effort to escape.”
“Anything dead coming back to life hurts.”
“To take a person out of slavery takes an instant. To take slavery out of a person takes a process.”
“Prayer gives us relief from the melancholy burden of self-absorption .”
“Like a surgeon, friends cut you in order to heal you.”
“My life was hurrying, racing tragically toward its end. And yet at the same time it was dripping so slowly, so very slowly now, hour by hour, minute by minute. One always has to wait until the sugar melts, the memory dies, the wound scars over, the sun sets, the unhappiness lifts and fades away.”
“In meditation, healing can happen. When the mind is calm, alert and totally contented, then it is like a laser beam - it is very powerful and healing can happen.”
“Loss is the great unifier, the terrible club to which we all eventually belong.”
“The agony of lovers burns with the fire of passion. Lovers leave traces of where they've been. The wailing of broken hearts is the doorway to God.”