“Personal disillusionment accompanied by self-pity and self-loathing are the Achilles’ heel of modern humankind, representing the weakness of the human spirit.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“In all the mad incongruity, the turgid stultiloquy of life, I felt, at least, securely anchored to myself. Whatever the vacillations of… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The principle of compassion is that which converts disillusionment into a participatory companionship. This is the basic love, the charity, that turns… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Most loverspicture to themselves, in their mistresses, a secret reality, beyond and different from what they see every day. They are in… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
In Europe life retreats out of the cold, and exquisite fireside myths have resulted—Balder, Persephone—but [in India] the retreat is from the… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
“She was a stranger because something essential was shielded, released in tiny bursts until it became a flood---a flood of what I… — Carmen Maria Machado Copy Share Image
Will not the very moment of great disillusionment with my brother or sister be incomparably wholesome for me becuase it so thoroughly… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Celebration of Independence Day with great pomp and show was quite appropriate when we were fighting for independence which we had neither… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“He was conscious of a cold and sickly thrill throughout him; and all he reasoned was this, that the young creature whose… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Occasionally there is a moment in a person's life when he takes a great stride forward in wisdom, humility, or disillusionment. For… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
if there is one place in the United States where private styles make up for public images, it is San Francisco, where… — Jan Morris 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
The call of God is to preach the gospel--namely, the reality of redemption in our Lord Jesus Christ. The one passion of… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
A first lesson in the fragility of love and the preternatural cowardice of men. And out of this disillusionment and turmoil sprang… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
She passed these years in a distant corner of her mind. A dry, barren field, out beyond wish and lament, beyond dream… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
The average GOP presidential vote in these last five elections was 44.5 percent. In the last three, it was 48.1 percent. Give… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
something can only become an illusion after disillusionment. before that, it is something real. what caused the disillusionment? no one told me… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a… — John Major Copy Share Image
Maybe the reality-based fractions of red and blue America are reaching a sort of consensus: Just as Republicans are beginning to get… — Kurt Andersen Copy Share Image
Nagging questions remain: Where is the line between making the most of one's potential and reaching for the unattainable? Where is the… — Henry Anatole Grunwald Copy Share Image
Certainly, Gandhi is not inferior to Christ in goodness and sanctity, and he surpasses him in touching humility. Gandhi is the prophet… — Sudhir Kakar Copy Share Image
We lost faith in authority in the '50s, up to a point, and we spawned a lot of anti-heroes in movies, which… — Brendan Gleeson Copy Share Image
I can't really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“Sophisticated people seem to think that "the truth" must always be dark, disappointing, disillusioning. But this is not so at all. Most… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I think that there are just so many people that can't afford not to have Obama win. He's gotten so many disenfranchised… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Are there people to aspire to? Can people be strong enough to withstand all of this disillusionment? Maybe the time is right… — Brendan Gleeson Copy Share Image
The modern fairy tale ending is the reverse of the traditional one: A woman does not wait for Prince Charming to bring… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
![“In Europe life retreats out of the cold, and exquisite fireside myths have resulted—Balder, Persephone—but [in India] the retreat is from the source of life, the treacherous sun, and no poetry adorns it because disillusionment cannot be beautiful. Men yearn for poetry though they may not confess…” quote by E. M. Forster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/e-m-forster-1118_august_in-europe-life-retreats-out-of-the-cold_1674386.jpg)
![“I think that there are just so many people that can't afford not to have Obama win. He's gotten so many disenfranchised people back into the political system that if he didn't win, the disillusionment in America and the idea of more of the same failed policies of the last eight years [2000-2008]…” quote by Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cc/irvine-welsh-843_america_i-think-that-there-are-just-so-many-peop_700710.png)
