Anguish Quotes

334 Anguish quotes by 269 unique authors

Nothing is ever cut-and-dried. There's anguish behind everything. — Paul Rudd
One pain is lessened by another's anguish. — William Shakespeare
For its part, Government will listen. We will strive to listen in new ways - to the voices of quiet anguish, to voices that speak… — Richard M. Nixon
O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When… — Walter Scott
In the end, for all our differences and conflicts, most women and men share the same food, work, shelter, bed, life, joy, anguish, and fate.… — Edward Abbey
Since art is a virtue of the intellect, it demands to communicate with the entire universe of the intellect. Hence it is that the normal… — Jacques Maritain
It is certain that we cannot escape anguish, for we are anguish. — Jean-Paul Sartre
I confess, without shame, that I am sick and tired of fighting — its glory is all moonshine; even success the most brilliant is over… — William Tecumseh Sherman
Anguish of mind has driven thousands to suicide; anguish of body, none. This proves that the health of the mind is of far more consequence… — Charles Caleb Colton
People with mental problems are our neighbors. They are members of our congregations, members of our families; they are everywhere in this country. If we… — Rosalynn Carter
The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is it to his mind to… — Akhenaton
Anguish is the universal language — Alice Fulton
The anguish of the neurotic individual is the same as that of the saint. The neurotic, the saint are engaged in the same battle. Their… — Georges Bataille
The great danger in today's world, pervaded as it is by consumerism, is the desolation and anguish born of a complacent yet covetous heart, the… — Pope Francis
There is no physical pain, no spiritual wound, no anguish of soul or heartache, no infirmity or weakness you or I ever confront in mortality… — David A. Bednar
At first glance, the rhythm may be confused with gaiety, but when you look more closely at the mechanism of social life and the painful… — Federico Garcia Lorca
I fear that much of the Christianity that surrounds us assumes our task is to save appearances by protecting God from Job-like anguish. But if… — Stanley Hauerwas
For now, oh my God, it is to You alone that I can talk, because nobody else will understand. I cannot bring any other man… — Thomas Merton
Mental anguish always results from the avoidance of legitimate suffering. — Stefan Molyneux
Betrayal was the greatest of all crimes, for it took all that was human within a person and made it a thing of pain. In… — Steven Erikson
This morning about nine I withdrew to the woods for prayer. I was in such anguish that when I arose from my knees I felt… — David Brainerd
The name of Jesus is as ointment poured forth; It nourishes, and illumines, and stills the anguish of the soul. — Angelus Silesius
It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen… — Patrick Henry
Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round! Parents first season us; then schoolmasters deliver us to laws; they send us bound to rules… — George Herbert
As incredible as it sounds, an unhappy man does not realize that happiness is better than unhappiness. Knowing only his own concealed anguish, he worships… — Vernon Howard

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