Condition Quotes

1998 Condition quotes by 1358 unique authors

One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind. In order… — Arthur Schopenhauer
It is only in his work that an artist can find reality and satisfaction, for the actual world is less intense than the world of… — Tennessee Williams
They are asleep. This is the condition they prefer. They are afraid of the world and sleep is a way of dealing with their fear.… — Stephen Dobyns
Anybody who has the courage to raise his eyes and look sanely at the awful human condition ... must realize finally that tiny periods of… — Flann O'Brien
Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors. — Voltaire
I will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of mankind. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
the best existential analysis of the human condition leads directly into the problems of God and faith — Ernest Becker
A freedom which is interested only in denying freedom must be denied. And it is not true that the recognition of the freedom of others… — Simone de Beauvoir
As long as there have been men and they have lived, they have all felt this tragic ambiguity of their condition, but as long as… — Simone de Beauvoir
Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because life is sweet and they are growing. — Aristotle
I am a total zombie just after I wake up. It takes me half an hour even to get my eyes open. Ask anyone who… — Diana Wynne Jones
It is in vain that a man of sound mind and cool temper understands the condition of such a wretched being... He can no more… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great… — Mother Teresa
Thus we never see the true state of our condition till it is illustrated to us by its contraries, nor know how to value what… — Daniel Defoe
It put me upon reflecting how little repining there would be among mankind at any condition of life, if people would rather compare their condition… — Daniel Defoe
I learned to look more upon the bright side of my condition, and less upon the dark side, and to consider what I enjoyed, rather… — Daniel Defoe
These reflections made me very sensible of the goodness of Providence to me, and very thankful for my present condition, with all its hardships and… — Daniel Defoe
I can get my head turned by a good-looking guy as much as the next girl. But sexy doesn't impress me. Smart impresses me, strength… — Lisa Unger
Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
The Yogic path is about disentangling the built-in glitches of the human condition, which I'm going to over-simply define here as the heartbreaking inability to… — Elizabeth Gilbert
The sinister, the terrible never deceive: the state in which they leave us is always one of enlightenment. And only this condition of vicious insight… — Thomas Ligotti
It is when we try to grapple with another man's intimate need that we perceive how incomprehensible, wavering and misty are the beings that share… — Joseph Conrad
I've grieved enough for his life cut short and for mine for running on for so long with so little in it. It's weakness now,… — Rosie Thomas
The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. To call on them to give up… — Karl Marx
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human condition, the longings we… — Jane Yolen

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