If you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours. Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Smile, even if it’s a sad smile, because sadder than a sad smile is the sadness of not knowing how to smile. Sadness flies away on the wings of time.- Jean de La Fontaine We gather strength from sadness and from pain Each time we …
The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved. (Mother Teresa of Calcutta) Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better. ( Henry Rollins) When we truly realize that we are all alone is when we need others the most. ( Ronald Anthony) With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection o…
… yet to learn the first principles of civilization. (chinese proverb) A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. (Henry Louis Mencken) 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. ( Helen Keller) The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use. But the bee . . . gathers its materials…
I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. (Mark Twain) The bitterest tear shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. (Harriet Beecher Stowe) He would make a lovely corpse. (Charles Dickens ) Funerals are all abstract ceremony. ( Chuck Palahniuk) They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I’m going to miss mine by just a few days. ( Garr…
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was. (Walt West) The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. ( Terry Pratchett ) Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer. ( Soren Kierkegaard ) The biggest cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid people are so sure about thing…