Wretched Quotes
Is there anything so wretched as to look at a man of fine abilities doing nothing?
But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one's sorrows just drop off, like a drop of water off a lotus.
An identity is questioned only when it is menaced, as when the mighty begin to fall, or when the wretched begin to rise, or when the stranger enters the gates, never, thereafter, to be a stranger.
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
He who cares only for himself in youth will be a very niggard in manhood, and a wretched miser in old age.
Sneering springs out of the wish to deny; and wretched must that state of mind be that wishes to take refuge in doubt.
Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.
Much more wretched than lackof health inthe body, it is to dwell with a soul that is not healthy, but corrupt.
The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.
Call not that man wretched, who whatever else he suffers as to pain inflicted, or pleasure denied, has a child for whom he hopes and on whom he doats.
However wretched a fellow-mortal may be, he is still a member of our common species.
For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.
We are on the side of religion as opposed to religions, and we are among those who believe in the wretched inadequacy of sermons and the sublimity of prayer.
Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.
A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry; But were we burdened with light weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain.
Lying on stained, wretched sheets with a bleeding virgin We could plan a murder Or start a religion.
Nietzsche's ideas and plans: for example, the idea of giving up the whole wretched academic world to form a secular monastic community.
Let us not only scatter benefits, but even strew flowers for our fellow-travellers, in the rugged ways of this wretched world.
Unfortunate and wretched are those who have respected a book they did not love and hated those they did.
There is an ancient saying, famous among men, that thou shouldst not judge fully of a man's life before he dieth, whether it should be called blest or wretched.
I have so much pride and love for the songs of The Smiths. However, I must ask you, if you come across any Smiths CDs, don't buy them, because all the money goes to that wretched drummer.
You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both.
We turn our backs on nature; we are ashamed of beauty. Our wretched tragedies have a smell of the office clinging to them, and the blood that trickles from them is the color of printer's ink.
But, for as cold and wretched as it looks, the sun has not forsaken it. He has only drawn away from it a little, for good reasons, one of which is that we may learn that we cannot do without him.
The thing that usually gets me through the writing is that my feelings of wretched inadequacy are irregularly punctuated by brief flashes of omnipotence.
It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the supporting pillar being removed, the superstructure should collapse in ruin.
And sometimes when the night is slow The wretched and the meek We gather up our hearts and go A Thousand Kisses Deep.
I have learned never to underestimate the capacity of the human mind and body to regenerate - even when prospects seem most wretched. The life force may be the least understood force on earth.
The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched.
