Good Grief

"Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpness and understanding, and softens the heart; it compels them to arouse their reason, to assert its empire over their passions, propensities and prejudices; to elevate them to a superiority over all human events.....and the great question occurs what is the origin, what is the final cause of Evil?"

-John Adams

"Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done."

-1 Corinthians 7:10-11