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Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sorrow makes us all children again[,] destroys all differences of intellect[.] The wisest know nothing[.]
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
We don't pretend all is well. But knowing God's commands to rejoice in him through his all-sufficient power, we meditate on his Word and call on him to impart his gladness to us. In time God exchanges our natural responses with his supernatural, joy-giving presence. Sometimes sorrow and joy do battle; sometimes they coexist, but when our hearts and minds are on Christ, joy is never far away:
- Randy Alcorn
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
- Joseph Heller
Dear Mrs., Mr., Miss, or Mr. and Mrs. Daneeka: Words cannot express the deep personal grief I experienced when your husband, son, father, or brother was killed, wounded, or reported missing in action.
- Joseph Heller
Mudd was the unknown soldier who had never had a chance, for that was the only thing anyone ever did know about all the unknown soldiers—they never had a chance. They had to be dead.
- Joseph Heller
no craving for wealth or immortality could be so great, he felt, as to subsist on the sorrow of children.
- Joseph Heller
Actually, he was a very warm, compassionate man who never stopped feeling sorry for himself. "Why me?" was his constant lament, and the question was a good one.
- Joseph Heller
The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.
- Washington Irving
There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.
- Dante Alighieri
The experience of this sweet life.
- Dante Alighieri
The enemy has always had a great way of trying to keep each of us tied to past sin, weighing us down with sorrow or pain and regret. Feeling heavy under the weight of knowing you made stupid mistakes will, if you allow it, cripple you for life. We have all fallen short. There is no one on earth who has not made mistakes. But walking in the miracle of forgiveness gives God much glory. The
- Darlene Zschech