Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity & disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. — Max Ehrmann Copy Share Image
“Discovering that one is loved in return really ought to disenchant the lover with the beloved. 'What? this person is modest enough… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“The young woman had read a good many novels, and she had seen a good many films; this education by newspaper, serial… — Maurice Renard Copy Share Image
I suppose there's something to be said for the sheer reinforcement of our beliefs, but really I think poetry is more useful… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
“It dropped so low in my regard I heard it hit the ground, And go to pieces on the stones At bottom… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
Even as I'm shoveling up my hooter, I realize the sad truth. Coke bores me, It bores us all. We're jaded cunts,… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the 'disenchantment of the world.' Precisely the… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
Self-love is as protective as the Deity; Disenchantment is as perspicacious as a surgeon; Experience is as provident as a mother. Such… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
The past in retrospect holds manifold disenchantments, failures and even tragedies; and yet the worse may be forgotten and the best held… — William Robertson Nicoll Copy Share Image
If I had influence with the good fairy... I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
The title's so upfront. It gives fair warning about the play's content. I'm writing about a kind of disenchantment, an anger, but… — Mark Ravenhill Copy Share Image
I wrote The Philosophy of Disenchantment, which is, I think, the gloomiest and worst book ever published. Out of sheer laziness, I… — Edgar Saltus Copy Share Image
“When love gets on a slippery slope, unawareness or indifference might be the underpinning of disenchantment and falling out of love. (“Amour… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
As we have seen, the first public expression of disenchantment with nonviolence arose around the question of 'self-defense.' In a sense this… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Mexico has proven by now that it's a strong electoral democracy. Now we have to build a democracy that produces better results;… — Enrique Pena Nieto Copy Share Image
The challenge is for us to reinvigorate the relationship with the Chilean people and to give state institutions new legitimacy. But this… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
You know, there's a growing level of disenchantment with governing institutions in Brazil. And in a sense, it's a healthy development because… — Simon Romero Copy Share Image
All about us the sense of disenchantment with technology appears to be growing. No one ... can ignore the fall of the… — Samuel Florman Copy Share Image
Disenchantment, whether it is a minor disappointment or a major shock, is the signal that things are moving into transition in our… — William Throsby Bridges Copy Share Image
From the height of their disillusionment they look down upon those whom they despise as simple souls. For my part I have… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“And yes, given our circumstances, in this post-enlightenment era of post-trust, post-truth, post-rationality, post-honour, and post-chivalry; as meaningless non-entities in a disenchanted… — H.M. Forester Copy Share Image
As the style of Faulkner grew out of his rage--out of the impotence of his rage--the style of Hemingway grew out of… — Wright Morris Copy Share Image
