Sad and heartbreaking quotes

“I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”

“Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.”

“The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.”

“Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.”

“Write hard and clear about what hurts.”

“No virtue is equal to the good of others and
no vice greater than hurting others.”

“I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.”

“It is only when our consciences become tangled that the truth begins to hurt.”

“We tell lies when we are afraid… afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.”

“Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.”

“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”

“I think I got disappointed over the years about New York, about the States. You know, sometimes you go and visit Europe and see good old socialism in its good part! You see public concern about art, and young people's participation and young faces in the audience. Then you arrive in the States and it is $150 to go to an opera. Ridiculous. We have so much young talent on the streets, but because everything is commercial they finally drift away from their dream of their life.”

“If it does not grow, even though you are working hard, it is not because of unfavorable circumstances, bad timing, or bad luck. … of the past has shown, it is during the bad times that the skilled manager lays firm foundations for future growth.”

“Of course fear does not automatically lead to courage. Injury does not necessarily lead to insight. Hardship will not automatically make us better. Pain can break us or make us wiser. Suffering can destroy us or make us stronger. Fear can cripple us, or it can make us more courageous. It is resilience that makes the difference.”

“If you forget yourself, you become the universe.”

“If you're squeezed for information,
that's when you've got to play it dumb:
You just say you're out there waiting
for the miracle to come.”

“From bitter searching of the heart,
quickened with passion and with pain
we rise
to play a greater part
this is the faith from which we start.”

“Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah”

“The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.”