Crying is, contrary to common opinion, not an act of release. In fact, as a result of crying, stress levels can rise.
Crying is actually not something newborns can do, at least when it comes to actual tears. Not until between 3 weeks and 3 months of life do they acquire this ability.
Crying is far less a symbol of a condition than an efficacious vehicle for the far-reaching change of that condition. What they 'mean' in the religious imagination is in the end far less important what they 'do.
Babies are unable to cry tears for at least three weeks
Crying is scientifically proven to be therepeutic. Emotional tears, shed in moments of intense feeling, carry stress hormones and are a way of getting rid of them.
Crying is a kind of water power which can be an extremely useful weapon for disturbing cooperation and reducing other to a condition of slavery.
Crying is more profound than all the books of the world full of thoughts and poems. They do not compare to a minute of sobbing, when feeling surges in waves, the soul feels itself profoundly and finds itself.
Crying is something one should never be ashamed to do. Tears are rain on the dust of earth -making us more sorry, more aware of our own ingratitude, more gentle.
Crying is a woman's weapon. Every woman is wrong until she cries, and then she is right - instantly.