Grief Quotes

Well has it been said that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

No one ever told me grief felt so much like fear.

C. S. Lewis

It is light grief that can take counsel.

Anonymous

Hold no man responsible for what he says in his grief.

The Talmud

For me it is sufficient to have a corner by my hearth, a book and a friend, and a nap undisturbed by creditors or grief.

Fernandez de Andrada

Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.

George Herbert

Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.

Sophocles, Antigone

Whoever finds love beneath hurt and grief disappears into emptiness with a thousand new disguises.

Jelaluddin Rumi

It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth. The comic, when it is human, soon takes upon itself a face of pain and some of our griefs... have their source in weaknesses which must be recognized with smiling compassion as the common inheritance of us all.

Miguel de Cervantes