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I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge That myth is more potent than history That dreams are more powerful than facts That hope always triumphs over experience That laughter is the only cure for grief And I believe that love is stronger than death. – Robert	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing in him, and grief the superficial. – Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield	added by anonymous 14 years ago
At different stages in our lives, the signs of love may vary dependence, attraction, contentment, worry, loyalty, grief, but at heart the source is always the same. Human beings have the rare capacity to connect with each other, against all odds. – Michael Dorris	added by anonymous 14 years ago
People who've had happy childhoods are wonderful, but they're bland An unhappy childhood compels you to use your imagination to create a world in which you can be happy. Use your old grief. That's the gift you're given. – Sue Grafton	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot. – George Herbert	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Your central self is totally untouched By grief, confusion, desperation. – Vernon Howard	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Every winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down into a vale of grief, And fasts, and weeps, and shrouds herself in sables, Leaving her wedding-garlands to decay-- Then leaps in spring to his returning kisses. – Charles Kingsley	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys. – Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Grief can't be shared. Everyone carries it alone, his own burdens, his own way. – Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Being a man, ne'er ask the gods for a life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long. – Menander	added by anonymous 14 years ago
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. 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 and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares. – Henri Nouwen	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Don't be sad, don't be angry, if life deceives you Submit to your grief -- your time for joy will come, believe me. – Alekandr Sergeyevick Pushkin	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Anger is a symptom, a way of cloaking and expressing feelings too awful to experience directly -- hurt, bitterness, grief and, most of all, fear. – Joan Rivers	added by anonymous 14 years ago
...nobody has the right to manipulate anybody or to impress anybody with his stronger personality, not even for the other's imagined good, for nobody can know what that good is. This is courtesy rather than callousness, for the other's dignity is thus acknowledged, or the dignity of his grief is respected. If and when he is ready, the other will of himself reach out for consolation and feel free to ask for a hand to point out the way. – Imgard Schloegl	added by anonymous 14 years ago
It is light grief that can take counsel. – Anonymous	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The only cure for grief is action. – George Henry Lewes	added by anonymous 14 years ago
In the midst of excitement, grief, joy, and solitude, I remind myself every moment that the sole mission of my life is to find "the ultimate questioner" - that unimaginable who has put me in this madness to answer an unanswerable question. – Kedar Joshi	added by anonymous 14 years ago

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