Recovering From Grief Quotes

I measure every grief I meet with narrow, probing eyes - I wonder if it weighs like mine - or has an easier size.

Love without trust. The difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul

The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.

If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

And can it be that in a world so full and busy the loss of one creature makes a void so wide and deep that nothing but the width and depth of eternity can fill it up!

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

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.

Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.

Tears are the silent language of grief.

Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness

Well, every one can master a grief but he that has it.

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.

Courage is being afraid and going on the journey anyhow.

The pain passes, but the beauty remains.

So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.

I am not afraid of death. I just don't want to be there when it happens.

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing...that is a friend who cares.