Life is serious all the time but living cannot be. . . . You may have all the solemnity you wish in your neckties, but in anything important—such as sex, death, and religion— you must have mirth or you will have madness. G. K. Chesterton Grief You May Also Like Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water. By Antoine Rivarol Grief, Sad A mourner is, perforce, a person with a story. The pity is, how very rarely it gets told. By Christian McEwen Death, Grief, Mourning, Sad I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness, and a willingness to remain vulnerable. By Anne Morrow Lindbergh Daily quotes, Grief, Mourning, Sad, Vulnerability Preparing for a death by creating meaningful rituals encourages emotional catharsis and spiritual release. And acknowledging family dynamics, in spite of the helpless and painful feelings, helps us more towards a resolution, however imperfect it may be. By Nancy Cobb Death, Grief, Mourning, Sad We help each other—even unconsciously, each in our own effort, we lighten the effort of others—sorrow comes in great waves . . . but it rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us it leaves us on the spot and we know that if it is strong we are stronger, in as much as it passes and we remain. By Henry James Grief, Sad l am always grieved when a man of real talent dies, for the world needs such men more than Heaven does. By Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Death, Grief, Mourning, Sad You May Also Like from G. K. Chesterton I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean. By G. K. Chesterton Adversity The trouble about always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind. By G. K. Chesterton Health A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition. By G. K. Chesterton Intelligence, Intuition, Women I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act. By G. K. Chesterton Fate, Fortune There is but an inch of difference between the cushioned chamber and the padded cell. By G. K. Chesterton Insanity To say that a man is an idealist is merely to say that he is a man. By G. K. Chesterton Idealism
Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water. By Antoine Rivarol Grief, Sad
A mourner is, perforce, a person with a story. The pity is, how very rarely it gets told. By Christian McEwen Death, Grief, Mourning, Sad
I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness, and a willingness to remain vulnerable. By Anne Morrow Lindbergh Daily quotes, Grief, Mourning, Sad, Vulnerability
Preparing for a death by creating meaningful rituals encourages emotional catharsis and spiritual release. And acknowledging family dynamics, in spite of the helpless and painful feelings, helps us more towards a resolution, however imperfect it may be. By Nancy Cobb Death, Grief, Mourning, Sad
We help each other—even unconsciously, each in our own effort, we lighten the effort of others—sorrow comes in great waves . . . but it rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us it leaves us on the spot and we know that if it is strong we are stronger, in as much as it passes and we remain. By Henry James Grief, Sad
l am always grieved when a man of real talent dies, for the world needs such men more than Heaven does. By Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Death, Grief, Mourning, Sad
The trouble about always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind. By G. K. Chesterton Health
A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition. By G. K. Chesterton Intelligence, Intuition, Women
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act. By G. K. Chesterton Fate, Fortune
There is but an inch of difference between the cushioned chamber and the padded cell. By G. K. Chesterton Insanity
