Sadness is a human emotion that we all feel at times throughout life.  Capturing what sadness is in a saying can be difficult because feelings are usually too complicated to describe in whole.  Here are some examples of sayings about sadness that each try to capture some truth about sadness
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These sad sayings are actually a little sad.  Use these in your own speeches, Facebook updates, or tweets.

• Crying is one of the best therapeutic activities for an acute case of sadness.
• Often times, sadness is masked by anger.
• Depression is the leading cause of human suffering in the world.
• Poverty of spirit is just as debilitating as poverty itself.
• Hope is the cure for sadness.
• If only our sadness can be as easily cured as a child’s sadness, we would not need so many Psychiatrists.
• Nothing saddens a parent more than broken trust.
• The saddest movie scenes include the loss of a pet. Human violence, on the other hand, can be used for comedic purposes.
• Malnourishment of hope can only be cured by a healthy diet of encouragement.
• Some people would rather be sad for what they don’t have than grateful for what they do have, no matter how blessed they happen to be.
  
• Sticks and stones may break my bones and words can sadden my heart.
• The experience of sadness is one of God’s ways of reminding humans that this world is not perfect.
• Laughter is the best medicine for sadness, but most people don’t know how to get their prescription filled.
• A sad face draws more support than an angry affect.
• Even a man of great riches and wealth cannot buy his way out of the sorrows of this world.
• The blues are best sung by those who understand the sorrows of life.
• Acceptance is about setting realistic expectations for your own good, not giving up.
• Surrender is the best remedy for the sadness that comes with defeat.  It’s about moving on.
• A great human tragedy is that we must all experience the pain of loss.
• The waste of human life is the saddest part of any avoidable war.
• Clinical depression is a nearly inescapable prison.