Benevolence Quote by Walter Bagehot

One ought to avoid all unnecessary worry and exciting thoughts, and to cultivate a firm tranquility of mind. Melancholy reflections will in no way…

— George Hackenschmidt

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

— Karel Capek

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

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

— Sandra Bullock

Pain and pleasure, good and evil, come to us from unexpected sources. It is not there where we have gathered up our brightest hopes,…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I regard morality and ideology as the chief cause of human misery.

— Robert Anton Wilson

“People caused harm to others because they were of malevolent disposition, that was shear human wickedness. something that has always existed and always would.Some…

— Alexander McCall Smith

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad.

— Victor Hugo

“Every road leads to sorrow. All aspects that make life beautiful – friendship, love, art, and truth – will end. All aspects that make…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“[…] we humans, as long as we live, are generally incapable of freeing ourselves from a certain ardent searching and longing, and should not…

— Robert Walser

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

“Clearly,” I said, “we should choose not to have good sense, if that good sense contributes to our misery.” Everyone agreed with me, and…

— Voltaire