~ Sadness flies away on the wings of time. ~
~ I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers. ~
~ Anger is just a cowardly extension of sadness. It's a lot easier to be angry at someone than it is to tell them you're hurt. ~
~ Anger, tears and sadness are only for those who have given up ~
~ The word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. ~
~ One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often. ~
~ Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness its poison ~
~ So much sadness exists in the world that we are all under obligation to contribute as much joy as lies within our powers. ~
~ Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success ~
~ Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness ~
~ It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing; his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive business. ~
~ No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa. ~