The whole process of nature is an integrated process of immense complexity and it is really impossible to tell whether something that… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
Men do not go out to meet misfortune as we do. They learn it; and we--we divine it. — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
The happy and powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Faith has its price. When misfortune strikes the true believer, he assumes he has done something to deserve punishment, but isn't quite… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
How true it is that, sooner or later, the' most rebellious must bow beneath the yoke of misfortune! — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
Whenever the deity contrives misfortunes for a man, he first harms their understanding. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Is demum miser est, cuius nobilitas miserias nobilitat. Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous. — Publius Attius Varus Copy Share Image
Germany had the misfortune of becoming poisoned, first because of plenty, and then because of want. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Sir, that much prudence calls for too much worry; I cannot foresee misfortunes so far away. — Jean Racine Copy Share Image
Just as Daniel Balalcazar said, it makes no sense to suffer in advance a misfortune that may never occur. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Happiness or misfortune are prescribed by law of Heaven, but their source comes from ourselves. — Nguyen Du Copy Share Image
On the third day after someone dies, the soul comes back to settle scores. In my mother's case, this would be the… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
It is a misfortune, inseparable from human affairs, that public measures are rarely investigated with that spirit of moderation which is essential… — James Madison Copy Share Image
For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
There are few misfortunes in this world that you cannot turn into a personal trimuph if you have the iron will and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We are all frail-embodied creatures, who at times suffer through injustice, abuse, illness, pain and misfortune. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the Bible, fate was often presented as the handmaiden of morality: sin was succeeded by misfortune, righteousness by prosperity, with reward… — Israel Shenker Copy Share Image
All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune-make for a finer, nobler type of manhood. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A tender-hearted and compassionate disposition, which inclines men to pity and feel the misfortunes of others, and which is, even for its… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
If people were not wicked I should not mind their being stupid; but, to our misfortune, they are both. — George Sand Copy Share Image
One of man's greatest failings is that he looks almost always for an excuse, in the misfortune that befalls him through his… — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
The word which is best said came nearest to not being spoken at all, for it is cousin to a deed which… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If suffer some misfortune, then think: "The Lord sees my heart, and if it pleases Him, it will be well both for… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
Be good. This will make your angel happy. When sorrows and misfortunes, physical or spiritual, afflict you, turn to your guardian angel… — John Bosco Copy Share Image
