“That sorrow which is the harbinger of joy is preferable to the joy which is followed by sorrow.”
“Sorrow fully accepted brings its own gifts. For there is alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmitted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.”
“Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.And how else can it be?The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.”
“I found myself in a sea in which the waves of joy and sorrow were clashing against each other.”
“To laugh continually is to never laugh at all. For it takes the periodic sound of sorrow from which to distinguish the sound of joy.”
“Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.”