“You have to let it all hang out, let go of the ideas that were more comfortable, and embrace some of the sadness in your life.” – Madeleine Peyroux

“You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.” – Jonathan Safran Foer

“We're taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear, and sadness, and to me, they're of equal value to happiness, excitement, and inspiration.” – Alanis Morissette

“The way sadness works is one of the strange riddles of the world.” – R.M. Drake

“The largest part of what we call ‘personality’ is determined by how we’ve opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness.” – William S. Burroughs

“Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches. Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness is like the roots going down into the womb of the earth. Both are needed, and the higher a tree goes, the deeper it goes, simultaneously.” – Osho

“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow