“The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the lands where sorrow is unknown.”

— William Cowper, "To an Afflicted Protestant Lady"

About William Cowper

1731 – 1800

English poet and hymnwriter, author of "The Task".

“Still ending, and beginning still.”

“Domestic happiness, thou only bliss of Paradise that has surviv'd the fall!”

“He has no hope that never had a fear.”

“All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.”

“The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft a-gley; And leave us naught but grief and pain For promised joy.”

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“The wound is the place where the light enters you.”

“Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”

“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.”

“Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”