Here are some quotes related to Sadness along with their authors:

“Sadness flies away on the wings of time.” – Jean de La Fontaine

“Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.” – Kahlil Gibran

“Sadness is also a kind of defense.” – Ivo Andrich

“One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.” – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

“The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.” – Jim Rohn

“We must understand that sadness is an ocean, and sometimes we drown, while other days we are forced to swim.” – R.M. Drake

“The way sadness works is one of the strange riddles of the world. If you are stricken with a great sadness, you may feel as if you have been set aflame, not only because of the enormous pain but also because your sadness may spread over your life, like smoke from an enormous fire.” – Lemony Snicket

“There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have the feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well.” – Nicholas Sparks

“Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative you can get beyond your pain or negativity.” – Yoko Ono

“Some days are just bad days, that’s all. You have to experience sadness to know happiness, and I remind myself that not every day is going to be a good day, that’s just the way it is!” – Dita Von Teese

“Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley

“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.” – Oscar Wilde

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

“The word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.” – Carl Jung

“In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.” – William S. Burroughs

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

“Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it’s there if you look deep.” – Taraji P. Henson

“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. The bigger the tree, the bigger will be its roots.” – Osho

“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.” – Washington Irving

“I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.” – J.R.R. Tolkien