Charitable Quote by Charles Dickens

Man is extraordinarily clever in preventing himself from being happy; it would seem that the less able he is to endure misfortune the more…

— Andre Gide

On the occasions when I have pondered over men's various activities, the dangers and worries they are exposed to at Court or at war,…

— Blaise Pascal

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without passion, without business, without entertainment, without care. It is then that he…

— Blaise Pascal

On the occasions when I have pondered over men's various activities, the dangers and worries they are exposed to at court or at war,…

— Blaise Pascal

A man may be buoyed up by the efflation of his wild desires to brave any imaginable peril; but he cannot calmly see one…

— George Henry Lewes

A man is not little when he finds it difficult to cope with circumstances, but when circumstances overmaster him.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“For human nature is such that grief and pain—even simultaneously suffered—do not add up as a whole in our consciousness, but hide, the lesser…

— Primo Levi

The greatness of man cannot be seen in the hours of comfort and convenience, but rather in moments of conflict/adversity

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The ultimate weakness of a man is when his spirit is crushed with no hope rather than how disable or handicapped he is

— Rudzani Ralph

When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer... his unique opportunity lies in the way he bears his burden.

— Viktor E. Frankl

There is a perennial nobleness, and even sacredness, in work. Were he never so benighted, forgetful of his high calling, there is always hope…

— Thomas Carlyle

There is nothing so insupportable to man as to be in entire repose, without passion, occupation, amusement, or application. Then it is that he…

— Blaise Pascal