Sad Quotes about Life...

Happiness 'n sadness are the two threads from which, fabric of life is woven. The very sad quotes about life, collected here, may be perceived as cynical views of life, but I see them as realistic . Every happiness comes from attachment of some kind 'n therefore has the roots of future sadness in it. Sadness 'n pain are perpetual companions for some of us. Sadness, hurt 'n pain toughen some of us, break some of us 'n teach us humility, while making us abundantly conscious of out mortal status. The ability to feel pain 'n sadness is what makes us human. Here is a compilation of some famous sad quotes about life which realistically illuminate the true nature of life.

Some Sad Quotes About Life
"Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat." - Mother Teresa

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other." - Mother Teresa

"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid 'n deeds left undone." - Harriet Beecher Stowe

"For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: "It might have been!" - John Greenleaf Whittier

"Life isn’t fair. It’s just fairer than death, that’s all." - William Goldman

"Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive." - Elbert Hubbard

"Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
- Kahlil Gibran

"Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things.
The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, 'n should have." - Louis E. Boone

"This pain is part of being human … the fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength." - Dumbledore (From 'Harry Potter')

"Home is behind
The world ahead
'n there are many paths to tread
Through shadow
To the edge of night
Until the stars are all alight

Mist 'n shadow
Cloud 'n shade
All shall fade
All shall fade " - Pippin's song (From 'Lord Of the Rings' by J.R.R. Tolkien)

"Nature is smarter than people think. Little by little we lose our friends, we lose everything. We keep losin' 'n losin' till we say you know, 'Oh what the hell am I livin' around here for? I got not reason to go on.' - Mickey (From the Movie 'Rocky V')

"To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet." - Charles Caleb Colton

"Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable." - Wizard of Oz (The Novel)

"A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants." - Arthur Schopenhauer

"A man's delight in looking forward to 'n hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes." - Arthur Schopenhauer

"The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it." - W.M.Lewis

"In the sphere of thought, absurdity 'n perversity remain the masters of the world, 'n their dominion is suspended only for brief periods." - Arthur Schopenhauer

"Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money. " - Arthur Schopenhauer

"Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; 'n often times we call a man cold when he is only sad." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Hope these short sad quotes about life have made you think. Pain, suffering, hurt 'n agony are the only real things in life. All else is unreal. The only way to be happy is to draw a circle around you 'n not care what happens beyond it!