Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

Anger, tears and sadness are only for those who have given up

Anger, tears and sadness are only for those who have given up

Yet be sad, good brothers,
For, by my faith, it very well becomes you.
Sorrow so royally read more

Yet be sad, good brothers,
For, by my faith, it very well becomes you.
Sorrow so royally in you appears
That I will deeply put the fashion on
And wear it in my heart.

What is the source of sadness, but feebleness of the mind? What giveth it power but the want of reason? read more

What is the source of sadness, but feebleness of the mind? What giveth it power but the want of reason? Rouse thyself to the combat, and she quitteth the field before thou strikest.

If you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours.

If you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours.

I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than read more

I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.

I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one read more

I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one of merit. Bring the recurring desires of your mind to me, every time they emerge. They cannot shock me, for I willed them! Bring me your confusion, your fear, your craving, your anxiety, your inability to love the world, your hesitation to serve, your jealousy, all the deficiencies that defy your spiritual disciplines.

We gather strength from sadness and from pain Each time we die we learn to live again.

We gather strength from sadness and from pain Each time we die we learn to live again.

Smile, even if it's a sad smile, because sadder than a sad smile is the sadness of not knowing how read more

Smile, even if it's a sad smile, because sadder than a sad smile is the sadness of not knowing how to smile.