Castaway Quote by Prince Augustus William of Prussia

Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing in him, and grief the superficial. Melancholy should be an…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“What is there in our nature that is for ever urging us on towards pain and misery? We are not formed for enjoyment; and,…

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

“what the melancholy among us sometimes know, though may not be able to articulate, is that coming to the end of our resources may…

— Sharon McMahon Moffitt

The most melancholy of human reflections, perhaps, is that, on the whole, it is a question whether the benevolence of mankind does most good…

— Walter Bagehot

Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when Joy is the fundamental thing in him, and Grief the superficial. Melancholy should be an…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Misery develops in the insidious seams created by imprecision and faulty human thinking. The cure for unhappiness is finding joy by embracing human nature.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

We're all connected to melancholy. It's an experience that moves us. And it defines us, the sadness we face it shapes our life journey.

— Jeremy Limn

Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end.

— Karel Capek

Melancholy betrays the world for the sake of knowledge. But in its tenacious self-absorption it embraces dead objects in its contemplation, in order to…

— Walter Benjamin

I think every human being has a level of melancholy in life and in general.

— Sandra Bullock

The serendipity of melancholy a road we all travel on in life. An aesthetic experience we all share, the darkness that shines.

— Jeremy Limn

Yet I experienced sometimes that the most sweet and tender, the most innocent and encouraging society may be found in any naturalobject, even for…

— Henry David Thoreau