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And is not the lute that soothes your spirit the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
Sep 18, 2025
There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow.
Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.
Spring is on the way; summer is on the way; storms are on the way; wars are on the way; sorrow and happiness are on the way; they are all on the way, they are coming! Everything is on the way! Life is a highway; while we are moving on the way, all else is coming towards us! Devil is on the way; angel is on the way! Stay firm on the way!
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
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.
Happiness presents itself to man, wearing the crown of sorrow on its head. He who welcomes it must also welcome sorrow.
In this world we find that all happiness is followed by misery as its shadow. Life has its shadow, death. They must go together, because they are not contradictory, not two separate existences, but different manifestations of the same unit, life and death, sorrow and happiness, good and evil.
The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.
Happiness and sorrow are twins, let them come and go like clouds.
Sorrow and happiness are the heresies of virtue; joy and anger lead astray from TAO; love and hate cause loss of virtue. The heart unconscious of sorrow and happiness - that is perfect virtue. One, without change - that is perfect repose. Without any obstruction - that is the perfection of the unconditioned. Holding no relations with the external world, - that is perfection of the negative state. Without blemish of any kind, - that is the perfection of purity.
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?
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.
Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.
There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.
The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.
Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.
Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic - if it is pulled out I shall die.
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness.
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 excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
The secret of health for both mind and body is...live the present moment wisely and earnestly.
The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.
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.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
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