“The brooding is better than the joy because even if the heart fills with happiness, it still mourns.”
“It is better to be hungry in joy, than to be filled in sorrow.”
“A vital part of the happiness formula is self-discipline. Whoever conquers himself knows deep happiness that fills the heart with joy.”
“and the thought of relieving my mourning, even slightly, for a moment filled me with a kind of fear.”
“Life is a struggle, I would tell him. Some days are better than others, and every person's life is bittersweet, filled with joy and pain.”
“Nothing is better proof of how far humanity has regressed than the impossibility of finding a single nation, a single tribe, among whom birth still provokes mourning and lamentations.”