Futility Quotes

129 quotes by 112 authors

The disastrous history of our species indicates the futility of all attempts at a diagnosis which do not take into account the possibility that homo… — Arthur Koestler
If you want to change from sex towards love, try to understand your sexuality. Watch it, watch the mechanicalness of it. See the futility, see… — Rajneesh
Commonly, people believe that defeat is characterized by a general bustle and a feverish rush. Bustle and rush are the signs of victory, not of… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
No matter what the storm clouds bring, you can face your pain with courage and hope. For two thousand years ago-six hours, one Friday-Christ firmly… — Max Lucado
It is to the United States that all freemen look for the light and the hope of the world. Unless we dedicate ourselves completely to… — Omar N. Bradley
Accustomed as I am to public speaking, I know the futility of it. — Franklin P. Adams
Weâ€™ve been devastated by the severest and deadliest drought in history â€“ that of our profound awareness of the futility of all effort and the… — Fernando Pessoa
In Paris ... I achieved a freer attitude towards anti-Semitism, which I now began to understand historically and to pardon. Above all I recognise the… — Theodor Herzl
In order to find God in ourselves, we must stop looking at ourselves, stop checking and verifying ourselves in the mirror of our own futility,… — Thomas Merton
The concept of a general equilibrium has no relevance to the real world (in other words, classical economics is an exercise in futility). — George Soros
In your action, you lose sight of the vision, you lose sight of your trust in the process, and you just bang around in a… — Esther Hicks
Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have come to believe, the essence of civilization...Without it, the imagination is but the echo of… — Bill Moyers
The decisive question for man is: Is he related to something infinite or not? That is the telling question of his life. Only if we… — Carl Jung
The futility of action does not absolve one from the failure to act. - — Janette Turner Hospital
Things have to be beautifully made, even if they are full of fun, fantasy and futility — Karl Lagerfeld
Promoting health without encouraging others to seek wholeness is an exercise in futility. Not until we realize that our bodies are mirrors of our interpersonal,… — Lissa Rankin
When I look back on my past and think how much time I wasted on nothing, how much time has been lost in futilities, errors,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Futility Move him into the sun - Gently its touch awoke him once, At home, whispering of fields unsown. Always it woke him, even in… — Wilfred Owen
This withdrawal from the day's turmoil into creative silence is not a luxury, a fad, or a futility. It dissolves mental tensions and heals negative… — Paul Brunton
It has nothing to do with your desires and their fulfillment, with your hopes and their fulfillment; it is already the case. But to see… — Rajneesh

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