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Sorrow and gladness, suffering and enjoyment, hope and fear, hatred and love, ignorance and enlightenment, are nowhere but in the heart.
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“Sorrow and gladness, suffering and enjoyment, hope and fear, hatred and love, ignorance and enlightenment, are nowhere but in the heart.”

James Allen

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Out from the Heart
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1904
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Meaning of “Sorrow and gladness, suffering and enjoyment, hope and…”

The sentence places emotional interpretation inside the mind, emphasizing how inner conditions shape the way external events are experienced and understood.

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Out from the Heart; Allen lists contrasting mental conditions while arguing that the inner life strongly shapes experience.

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AttitudeCalmDeepFearGriefGrowthHealingInner PeaceMindPeaceSadSelf ImprovementThinking Quotes About Reasoning, Reflection & JudgmentThought-Provoking Quotes That Invite ReflectionPerspectiveSuffering
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The mind is its own place.
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“The mind is its own place.”

John Milton · Paradise Lost · 1667
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