“The path of sorrow, and that path alone,
Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.”

— William Cowper

To an Afflicted Protestant Lady.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

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William Cowper 174

(1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist 1731–1800

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“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“seeker of truth
follow no path
all paths lead where
truth is here”

E.E. Cummings (1894–1962) American poet

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73 poems (1963)

“My ma used to say that crying is good for you. Tears are the path that free your mind of sorrowful thoughts.”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

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“If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.”

Anatole France (1844–1924) French writer

“Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness.”

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German philosopher

“Ladies and gentlemen, every path leads somewhere. That is what a path is all about. The path of segregation leads to lynching every time. The path of antisemitism leads to Auschwitz every time. The path of the cults leads to Jonestown and we watch it at our peril.”

Maurice Davis (1921–1993) American rabbi

Variant: We know, and we must never forget, that every path leads somewhere. The path of segregation leads to lynching. The path of anti-Semitism leads to Auschwitz. The path of cults leads to Jonestown. We ignore this fact at our peril. As quoted in "How Many Jonestowns Will It Take?" in The Cult Observer (1992), p. 123

Ref: en.wikiquote.org - Maurice Davis / Quotes / Address on the Cult Phenomenon in the United States (1979)

“We know, and we must never forget, that every path leads somewhere. The path of segregation leads to lynching. The path of anti-Semitism leads to Auschwitz. The path of cults leads to Jonestown. We ignore this fact at our peril.”

Maurice Davis (1921–1993) American rabbi

Supporting Cult Prevention, Assistance, & Recovery http://www.csj.org/aff/aff_contribution, Herbert L. Rosedale, president (deceased), American Family Foundation, 2005 - International Cultic Studies Association.
"The Art of Hoping: A Mother’s Story" http://www.csj.org/infoserv_articles/langone_michael_arthoping.htm, Cultic Studies Journal, Michael Langone, Ph.D.