Heaven knows we need never be
ashamed of our tears, for they are
rain upon the blinding dust of Earth,
overlaying our hard hearts.
?Charles Dickens
Tears are the summer
showers to the soul.
?Alfred Austin
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
?Christian Nevell Bovee
The soul would have no rainbow
had the eyes no tears.
?John Vance Cheney
If you wish me to weep, you
must first show grief yourself.
?Horace
When we lose one we love, our
bitterest tears are called forth
by the memory of hours
when we loved not enough.
?Maurice Maeterlinck
Tears may be dried up,
but the heart - never.
?Marguerite de Valois
There are more tears shed over
answered prayers than
over unanswered prayers.
?St Theresa of Jesus
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
?Euripides
Let tears flow of their own accord:
their flowing is not inconsistent
with inward peace and harmony.
?Seneca
There are times when God asks
nothing of his children except
silence, patience and tears.
?C S Robinson
