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.
When you are sorrowful, look again.
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven?
Every man has his secret sorrows.
Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
Happiness presents itself to man, wearing the crown of sorrow on its head. He who welcomes it must also welcome sorrow.
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness.
There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain... When you are joyous look deep into your heart and you will find that it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.
Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.
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