What man is there that does not laboriously,
though all unconsciously,
himself fashion the sorrow that is to be the pivot of his life?
-Maurice Maeterlinck
Almost all our sorrows
spring out of our relations with other people.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
Is sorrow the way of understanding?
Or does sorrow exist because there is no understanding?
-Jiddu Krishnamurti
Joy is the transition of man from a lesser to a greater perfection.
Sorrow is the transition of man
from a greater perfection to a lesser perfection.
-Baruch Spinoza
