Quotes About Sadness

You cannot be happy until you understand that life is sad

But hers was a strange heart, sad in its very nature, and she could never weep and ease it as other women do, for her tears never brought her comfort.

The old deep sadness of life lay in the bottom of her heart and she knew it was there, but she would not allow herself to sink into it. Out of the dark and sullen bottom of a lake the lotus flowers bloomed upon its surface, and she would pluck the flowers.

You cannot be happy unless you understand that life is sad.

Déjame estar triste, es la única forma que conozco de estrujar la felicidad para que después no me pene.

If you can live with the sadness of human life (what Rinpoche often called the tender heart or the genuine heart of sadness), if you can be willing to feel fully and acknowledge continually your own sadness and the sadness of life, but at the same time not be drowned in it, because you also remember the vision and power of the Great Eastern Sun, you experience balance and completeness, joining heaven and earth, joining vision and practicality.

It is said that in difficult times, it is only bodhichitta that heals. When inspiration has become hidden, when we feel ready to give up, this is the time when healing can be found in the tenderness of pain itself. This is the time to touch the genuine heart of bodhichitta. In the midst of loneliness, in the midst of fear, in the middle of feeling misunderstood and rejected is the heartbeat of all things, the genuine heart of sadness.

Right there in the moment of sadness WHEN you wake up in the morning and out of nowhere comes the heartache of alienation and loneliness, could you use that as a golden opportunity? Rather than persecuting yourself or feeling that something terribly wrong is happening, right there in the moment of sadness and longing, could you relax and touch the limitless space of the human heart? The next time you get a chance, experiment with this.

When you wake up in the morning and out of nowhere comes the heartache of alienation and loneliness, could you use that as a golden opportunity? Rather than persecuting yourself or feeling that something terribly wrong is happening, right there in the moment of sadness and longing, could you relax and touch the limitless space of the human heart? The next time you get a chance, experiment with this.

This world—absolutely pure As is. Behind the fear, Vulnerability. Behind that, Sadness, then compassion And behind that the vast sky.

Pero bajo la dureza de esta armadura, se oculta la terneza de una genuina tristeza

A flood of emotions rushes into me. Pain and anger. Sadness and pity. But most surprising of all, hope.

Bridget's anger evaporated and the sadness came back. The anger was easier. She owned and contolled it, whereas the sadness owned her.

Anger is an indication of pain and pain is an indication of sadness that grows inward and creates a lot of discomfort.

Like many popular best-sellers, he was a very sad and solemn man who took himself too seriously and his art not seriously enough.

Art is my cure to all this madness, sadness and loss of belonging in the world & through it I'll walk myself home.

You've got sadness in you, I've got sadness in me – and my works of art are places where the two sadnesses can meet, and therefore both of us need to feel less sad.

Existential philosophy, poetry and art - just like sadness - were all unavoidable to a tender young man in the meat works.

It was the cruelest of destiny's tricks, the death of a young person.

The world goes on. People are born, and die, and others are born after them. It is only our own sadness that is so painful.

Spring and Fall" …cannot be said to be about depression - but of course, to someone who is depressed, everything is about depression. …For some of us, the sadness running under the skin of things begins as a trickle and ends up a hemorrhage, staining everything.

It was a sad place, especially after a day at the Circle, where all was made with care and love and the gift of a good eye.

You have to know sadness . . . because sadness is duty . . .because if you know sadness, you understand sadness in others, and if you can understand sadness in others, you're obligated to help.

Happiness above can solve the sadness below.