3,968 Quotes About Grief

No one can keep his grieves in their prime; they use themselves up.

One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I'd guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.

Grief heals ... unshed tears fester like a canker in the soul.

all griefs, when there is no bitterness in them, are soothed down by time.

All whom the Lord has chosen and received into the society of his saints ought to prepare themselves for a life that is hard, difficult, laborious and full of countless griefs.

Rejoicing refers to moderation of spirit when the mind keeps itself in calmness under adversity and does not give indulgence to grief. Constant praying is the way of 'rejoicing perpetually', for by this means we ask from God alleviation in connection with all our distresses.

Even extreme grief may ultimately vent itself in violence--but more generally takes the form of apathy

Funeral expenses are the curse of the poor everywhere on earth, they are wasteful and unnecessary, they are the price of foolish ostentation and a display that is less an evidence of grief than a vulgar travesty of those pompous obsequies where no grief is.

Stunned and still not suffering. Swollen with care and anxiety and still not suffering. Useless, old and full of grief, but still not suffering.