Books Quote by Thurston Clarke

“A lifetime spent in the study of the history of societies since the dawn of mankind presumably inclined him to skepticism and misgivings in…

— Francois Maspero

“In any ten step instruction manual and every book of doctrines, there is complex advice that serves the very simple function of helping the…

— Vironika Tugaleva

“Life is suffering. Until the great day of judgement, when peace and equanimity may be restored for those who are pure of heart and…

— John Boyne

“There are a set of religious, or rather moral writers, who teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery,…

— Henry Fielding

“Those who loved with all their heart and mind and might have always thought of death, and those who knew the endless nights of…

— Walter Kaufmann

“I must add, too, that the only purpose of the book is to solve the intellectual problem raised by suffering; for the far higher…

— Business and Leadership Publishing

“It’s easy to thank God and to be happy when you live a sheltered life and have no concept of suffering; Suffer and then…

— Donna Lynn Hope

“We need God’s gospel to suffer well. We need it every day, and never more than when life hurts. The better we know it,…

— Kristen Wetherell

“As we forgo our urge to wrestle with past events and their painful effects, we experience the rolling back of suffering. In its stead,…

— Cheryl Zelenka

“Just understanding life as it is, and living it with courage; not escaping from it, not hiding from it, facing it with courage, whatsoever…

— Osho

“This book is a form of struggle, and it keeps my spirit alive to struggle. To struggle is to strengthen my faith, my hope…

— Dave Eggers

“He had his life—it was not worth much—not like a life that, though ended, had truly been something. If I had had courage, he…

— James Salter