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Crying & Tears
Crying: A Natural and Cultural History of Tears
All mankind is crying out for guidance, for comfort, for peace. ~ Billy Graham The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers by to come and love us. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson Laughter or crying is what a human being does when there’s nothing else he can do. ~ Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled? ~ Sophocles I cry every chance I get. ~ Richard Gere Any man who doesn't cry scares me a little bit. ~ H. Norman Schwarzkopf There is nothing quite so satisfying, and so healing, as a good cry. ~ Leo Buscaglia We think caged birds sing, when indeed they cry. ~ John Webster The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry. ~ Maya Angelou A hearty laugh gives one a dry cleaning, while a good cry is a wet wash. ~ Puzant Kevork Thomajan 1 | 2
"Crying is one of the highest devotional songs. One who knows crying, knows spiritual practice. If you can cry with a pure heart, nothing else compares to such a prayer. Crying includes all the principles of yoga." ~ Swami Kripalu