Joys And Sorrows Quotes - Page 5

• The practices of Yoga will help you maintain equanimity in all situations by teaching you to become transparent, able to allow both joy and sorrow to flow through you without destroying your peace of mind.

  Sharon Gannon

  Yoga, Teaching, Practice

  Sharon Gannon, David Life (2002). “Jivamukti Yoga: Practices for Liberating Body and Soul”, Random House LLC

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• All is fish that comes to the literary net. Goethe puts his joys and sorrows into poems, I turn my adventures into bread and butter.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Adventure, Joy, Sorrow

  Louisa May Alcott, Ednah Cheney (2010). “Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters, and Journals”, p.262, Applewood Books

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• In joy and sorrow all are equal,
  Thus be guardian of all, as of yourself.

  Shantideva

  Joy, Sorrow, Guardian

  Shantideva, Padmakara Translation Group (2008). “The Way of the Bodhisattva”, p.204, Shambhala Publications

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• To extract the fullest flavor of our drinking house, we needed to spend serious evening time there, slowly coming to know the bartender and the regulars, their joys and sorrows.

  Barbara Holland

  Drinking, House, Joy

  Barbara Holland (2008). “The Joy of Drinking”, p.23, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven?

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational Love, Grief, Wine

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.48, Lulu.com

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• Meditation has made me happy, loving, and peaceful-but not every single moment of the day. I still have good times and bad, joy and sorrow. Now I can accept setbacks more easily, with less sense of disappointment and personal failure, because meditation has taught me how to cope with the profound truth that everything changes all the time.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Disappointment, Single Mom, Profound

  Sharon Salzberg (2010). “Real Happiness - Enhanced Ebook Edition: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program”, p.6, Workman Publishing

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• I found myself in a sea in which the waves of joy and sorrow were clashing against each other.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Sea, Joy, Sorrow

  FaceBook post by Naguib Mahfouz from Mar 16, 2013

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