Wretchedness Quotes

67 quotes by 54 authors

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man. — Thomas Carlyle
It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people. — Logan Pearsall Smith
We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that… — Vincent de Paul
Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity. — John of the Cross
At one time my only wish was to be a police official. It seemed to me to be an occupation for my sleepless intriguing mind.… — Soren Kierkegaard
The fore horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follow that, and in its turn wretchedness and oppression. — Thomas Jefferson
Mathematics alone make us feel the limits of our intelligence. For we can always suppose in the case of an experiment that it is inexplicable… — Simone Weil
Most men ebb and flow in wretchedness between the fear of death and the hardship of life; they are unwilling to live, and yet they… — Seneca the Younger
We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The… — Simone Weil
The Giver of life gave it for happiness and not for wretchedness. — Thomas Jefferson
The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any… — George Washington
It is not a charity but a right, not bounty but justice, that I am pleading for. The present state of civilization is as odious… — Thomas Paine
There is no lasting happiness outside the prescribed cycle of painful exhaustion and pleasurable regeneration, and whatever throws this cycle out of balance â€“ poverty… — Hannah Arendt
There is so much wretchedness in the world, that we may safely take the word of any mortal professing to need our assistance; and, even… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Christian religion, [Pascal] claims, teaches two truths: that there is a God who men are capable of knowing, and that there is an element… — William Lane Craig
Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian… — John Calvin
I am the subject of depression so fearful that I hope none of you ever get to such extremes of wretchedness as I go to.… — Charles Spurgeon
Gloriousness and wretchedness need each other. One inspires us, the other softens us. — Pema Chodron
To set one's name to a work gives no one a title to be remembered, for who knows how many of the best of men… — W G Sebald
I envy the poet. He is encouraged toward drunkenness and wallows with nubile wenches while the painter must endure wretchedness and pain for his art. — Rembrandt

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