Age Quote by Edward Gibbon

Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea…

— Albert Schweitzer

It put me upon reflecting how little repining there would be among mankind at any condition of life, if people would rather compare their…

— Daniel Defoe

“no one can judge. Each person knows the extent of their own suffering or the total absence of meaning in their lives.”

— Paulo Coelho Veronika Decides to Die

From the height of their disillusionment they look down upon those whom they despise as simple souls. For my part I have no sympathy…

— Bertrand Russell

The worthless and offensive members of society, whose existence is a social pest, invariably think themselves the most ill-used people alive, and never get…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“those who suffer intolerably learn to hide their afflictions, both necessary and unnecessary, because the world does not run on pain time but on…

— Thomas Ligotti

“The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and…

— Adam Smith

“Any person's meanness of character and silliness of mind can be ugly and also seen in every activity and performance of that person, who…

— Ehsan Sehgal

“Campaign to destigmatize so-called "mental illness" often take a wrong turning here. They try to demonstrate how suffers of some condition have made amazing…

— Darian Leader

“Afflictions are light when compared with what we really deserve. They are light when compared with sufferings of the Lord Jesus. But perhaps their…

— Arthur W. Pink

Someone who is perennially surprised that depravity exists, who continues to feel disillusioned (even incredulous) when confronted with evidence of what humans are capable…

— Susan Sontag

One of the great tragedies of life, it seems to me, is when a person classifies himself as someone who has no talents or…

— Marvin J. Ashton