Harsh Quotes

475 quotes by 419 authors

Where a harsh law rules, people yearn for lawlessness. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe we… — Geneen Roth
The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech, but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious. — Gautama Buddha
No one seriously doubts Socrates' maxim: The unexamined life isn't worth living. Self-assessment and attempts at self-improvement are essential aspects of "the good life." Yes,… — Robert A. Burton
Verily, God is Compassionate and is fond of compassion, and He gives to the compassionate what He does not give to the harsh. — Muhammad
The events inspired characters that truly existed, as well as fictitious people I had to invent. Sometimes the harsh reality was too much, too absurd.… — Christian Carion
Writers obviously have to bear witness to the harsh face of the age. — Alexander McCall Smith
If the Obama administration responds with an even harsher hand against me, they can be assured that they'll soon find themselves facing an equally harsh… — Edward Snowden
More than by fear of going astray, my hope is that we will be moved by the fear of remaining shut up within structures which… — Pope Francis
There is a noticeable general difference between the sciences and mathematics on the one hand, and the humanities and social sciences on the other. It's… — Noam Chomsky
If we do not have a deep foundation of faith and a solid testimony of truth, we may have difficulty withstanding the harsh storms and… — Thomas S. Monson
I love the combination of smartness, pain, and what one might call conscious postmodern trashiness in this book: a version of the erotic full of… — Alicia Ostriker
I wish I was still an atheist. Believing I was born into a harsh, uncaring cosmos â€“ in which my existence was a random roll… — Charles Stross
Tea had come as a deliverer to a land that called for deliverance; a land of beef and ale, of heavy eating and abundant drunkenness;… — Agnes Repplier
What we need very badly these days is a company of Christians who are prepared to trust God as completely now as they know they… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Donâ€™t do what you know on a gut level to be the wrong thing to doI donâ€™t think thereâ€™s a single dumbass thing Iâ€™ve done… — Cheryl Strayed
Maintaining the status quo is the same as regressing; while you are holding your own, others are passing you by. Be harsh on yourself. Do… — Kim Woo-jung
Free curiosity is of more value than harsh discipline. — Saint Augustine
He began to search among the infinite series of impressions which time had laid down, leaf upon leaf, fold upon fold softly, incessantly upon his… — Virginia Woolf
The first thing I plan to do is what I did while serving in Arizonaâ€™s legislature â€” and that was to seek out members that… — Kyrsten Sinema

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