Quotes on Sorrow And Happiness

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the 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.

Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the same well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? 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? And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

Happiness presents itself to man, wearing the crown of sorrow on its head. He who welcomes it must also welcome sorrow.

And is not the lute that soothes your spirit the very wood that was hollowed with knives?