“For every tear you shed for someone else’s grief, it takes one off of their suffering.”
“It takes great courage when you are suffering to see beyond your suffering to the clear relations between things, to the laws that cause and govern your suffering; it takes great courage to be ruthless with one's griefs.”
“Tears will not fill your stomach; Tears will not bring kindness. If you have time to shed tears, laugh; someone will be willing to look at a hearty smile more then a tear soaked sponge.”
“Some losses never heal you just learn to carry the burden and shed a tear every now and then”
“Take heed little children lest what you hold dear. Be taken way from you with not the shedding of tear.”
“Englishmen rarely cry, except under the pressure of the acutest grief; whereas in some parts of the Continent the men shed tears much more readily and freely.”