Distress Quote by Theodore Dreiser

And since, in our passage through this world, painful circumstances occur more frequently than pleasing ones, and since our sense of evil is, I…

— Ann Radcliffe

“Nothing is intrinsically or ultimately bad. Any situation that arises is only relatively good or bad based on many factors, including—most significantly—how you perceive…

— Ogyen Trinley Dorje

What your foes do derives its significance or consequence from the way you react.

— Joseph Brodsky

“Much of what we call evil can often be converted into a bracing and tonic good by a simple change of the sufferer's inner…

— William James

When malice has reason on its side, it looks forth bravely, and displays that reason in all its luster. When austerity and self-denial have…

— Blaise Pascal

Distresses, however heavy at the time, appear light, and even joyous, to the reflecting mind, when worthily overcome.

— Samuel Richardson

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has…

— Buddha

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways--either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using…

— Anonymous

At a certain depth of distress, the poor, in their stupor, groan no longer over evil, and are no longer thankful for good.

— Victor Hugo

Life has, indeed, many ills, but the mind that views every object in its most cheering aspect, and every doubtful dispensation as replete with…

— Lydia Sigourney

The temper of mind that sees tragedy in life has not for its opposite the temper that sees joy. The opposite pole to the…

— Edith Hamilton

“The amassing of evil brings misery. The accumulation of good brings blessings.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh