Disillusionment Quotes
100 quotes by 95 authors
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I can't really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that they have become…
— Jimmy Carter
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Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment,…
— Stephen Covey
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Dating means two things; disillusionment or a racing heart.
— Mae West
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There are no perfect human beings! Persons can be found who are good, very good indeed, in fact, great. There do in fact exist creators,…
— Abraham Maslow
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One of the great sadnesses of modern life, because of our disenfranchisement and disillusionment with religion, is that we don't have access to these ideas.…
— Russell Brand
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As an artist grows older, he has to fight disillusionment and learn to establish the same relation to nature as an adult, as he had…
— Charles E. Burchfield
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The longer you stay in one place, the greater your chance of disillusionment.
— Art Spander
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A revolution without a prior reformation would collapse or become a totalitarian tyranny. A reformation means that masses of our people have reached the point…
— Saul Alinsky
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I have, despite all disillusionment, never, never allowed myself to feel like giving up. This is my message today; it is not worthy of a…
— Alva Myrdal
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The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.
— Jose Bergamin
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I expected so much from life and if I had not seen it so close, I would to this day be expecting something. What treasures…
— Ivan Goncharov
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If we want happiness, I think we should follow classic Greek wisdom and live with areté. The word directly translates as 'excellence' or 'virtue,' but…
— Brian Johnson
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The Russian people are suffering from economic fatigue and from disillusionment with the Allies! The world thinks the Russian Revolution is at an end. Do…
— Alexander Kerensky
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I'm English, and as such I crave disappointment. That's why I buy Kinder Surprise. Horrible chocolate; nasty little toy: a double-whammy of disillusionment ! Sometimes…
— Bill Bailey
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I... allowed my memory to journey back to the days when I was a boy of ten, full of health and optimism, when my wonder…
— Ruskin Bond
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The disillusionment with our own abilities is, perhaps, one of the most important things that can ever happen to us.
— Tim Hansel
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The principle of compassion is that which converts disillusionment into a participatory companionship. This is the basic love, the charity, that turns a critic into…
— Joseph Campbell
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Celebration of Independence Day with great pomp and show was quite appropriate when we were fighting for independence which we had neither seen nor handled.…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Certainly, Gandhi is not inferior to Christ in goodness and sanctity, and he surpasses him in touching humility. Gandhi is the prophet of hope in…
— Sudhir Kakar
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False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment , anger and hopelessness.
— Abraham Maslow
Who Wrote These Disillusionment Quotes
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