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Khalil Gibran

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been y

Khalil Gibran

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The quote means that the happiness you feel comes from the same things that once caused you pain, showing how closely linked joy and sorrow are in your experiences. It also suggests that when you feel sadness, it is because you still care deeply about something or someone that you have lost or are missing.

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I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.

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Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

Make the most of your regrets never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.