Anguish Quotes

334 Anguish quotes by 269 unique authors

If it were possible to meet the Beloved while laughing and in a state of comfort, why should one suffer the anguish of separation? — Kabir
Wave after wave has brought to our shores beautiful and mysterious treasures from unknown worlds: figurines, animals, fetishes, masks, ceremonial or useful objects. They are… — Dominique de Menil
I offered up a special prayer, a prayer which came with tears and anguish, that some way would open up for me to use what… — Dorothy Day
Exercise cannot secure us from that dissolution to which we are decreed; but while the soul and body continue united, it can make the association… — Samuel Johnson
The Christian religion is only for one who needs infinite help, therefore only for one who feels an infinite need. The whole planet cannot be… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
The belly laugh is the best way to evacuate anguish. — Jean Vanier
For me, the ascent to the peak of the normal ways that torment and anguish. Inspired by the idea of transition was always something that… — Wojciech Kurtyka
My idea of forgiveness is letting go of resentment that does not serve your better interest, ridding yourself of negative thoughts. All they do is… — Della Reese
Anger causes anguish to the souls of all of those who experience the feeling as well as to those who are the recipients of this… — L. Lionel Kendrick
I wish to make add my voice to the cry which rises up with increasing anguish from every part of the world, from every people,… — Pope Francis
Ideas may drift into other minds, but they do not drift my way. I have to go and fetch them. I know no work manual… — A A Milne
Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies. — Guy de Maupassant
I have been in love with the Palestinian people for many years. I have two great-grandsons that are rapidly learning about the people here and… — Jimmy Carter
To accept struggle as part of life, to accept all of it, even the darkest moments of anguish; to be motivated by love rather than… — Nathaniel Branden
[I]n order to raise a soul to the highest perfection, He allows it to pass through dryness, brambles, and combats, causing it thereby to honor… — Vincent de Paul
People between twenty and forty are not sympathetic. The child has the capacity to do but it can't know. It only knows when it is… — William Faulkner
The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works. — Jacques Barzun
I teach the art of turning anguish into delight. — Georges Bataille
In prayer I was exceedingly enlarged, and my soul was as much drawn out as I ever remember it to have been in my life.… — David Brainerd
When by the flood of your tears, the inner and the outer have fused into One, you will find Her whom you sought with such… — Anandamayi Ma
We are overcome by anguish at this illogical moment of humanity. — Che Guevara
When one is in very great pain and fear, it is extremely difficult to pray coherently, and I could only raise my mind in anguish… — Sheila Cassidy
Mr Earbrass stands on the terrace at twilight. It is bleak; it is cold; and the virtue has gone out of everything. Words drift through… — Edward Gorey
So the starting point and the basis of their liberal wails of anguish always and always is guilt. Guilt, guilt, guilt. — John Ringo
There is no man in this world without some manner of tribulation or anguish, though he be king or pope. — Thomas a Kempis

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