Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.

Quote by Jean Paul Richter

Topics: Sorrow Quotes

Spring makes everything young again, save man

Spring makes everything young again, save man

It is not the end of joy that makes old age so sad, but the...

It is not the end of joy that makes old age so sad, but the...

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a...

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a...

As a rule, for no one does life drag more disagreeably than for him who...

As a rule, for no one does life drag more disagreeably than for him who...

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy...

We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy...

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

A woman who could always love would never grow old; and the love of mother...

A woman who could always love would never grow old; and the love of mother...

Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it...

Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it...

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise

Age does not matter if the matter does not age.

Age does not matter if the matter does not age.

The gaurdian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight,...

The gaurdian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight,...

Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.

Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.

There are so many tender and holy emotions, flying about in out inward world, which,...

There are so many tender and holy emotions, flying about in out inward world, which,...

What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as...

What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as...

Do not wait for extraordinary situations to do good; try to use ordinary situations

Do not wait for extraordinary situations to do good; try to use ordinary situations

God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

And if I remain in the dark about our purpose here, and meaning of eternity,...

And if I remain in the dark about our purpose here, and meaning of eternity,...