Quotes about Sadness
And then he remembered Hawat's words: Parting with people is a sadness; a place is only a place.
— Frank Herbert
A woman who lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule will often ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul.
— Lysa TerKeurst
Silently and sadly, the village lived its simple life.
— Amos Oz
At present, likewise, there are among Christians new Stoics who think it a vice not only to groan and weep, but even to be sad or upset. And indeed, these ridiculous ideas generally come from idle men.
— John Calvin
As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no.
— John Donne
The thought of a happiness that comes from outside the person, brings him sadness. But the recognition in the value of one's will and the freedom granted by its uplifting, brings great joy.
— Abraham Isaac Kook
Life is the saddest thing there is, next to death; yet there are always new countries to see, new books to read (and, I hope, to write), a thousand little daily wonders to marvel at and rejoice in.
— Edith Wharton
but I do believe that the only way out of deep sadness is to go with it and through it.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.
— St. John Chrysostom
Will God or someone give me the power to breathe my sigh into my canvases, the sigh of prayer and sadness, the prayer of salvation, of rebirth?
— Marc Chagall
It's a laugh that comes from beyond happiness and sadness. From beyond faith and anger. It's a laugh that only the dead can appreciate.
— Elie Wiesel
You have entered an abnormal, lonely, and unwelcome new world where you are nothing but an island of sadness.
— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross