“The torments of hell abide for ever.... If all the earth and sea were sand, and every thousandth year a bird should come, and take away one grain of this sand, it would be a long time ere that vast heap of sand were emptied; yet, if after all that time the damned may come out of hell, there were some hope; but this word EVER breaks the heart.”
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Inspired Quotes — page 38 of 313
“When you know what's most important to you, making a decision is quite simple. Most people, though, are unclear about what's most important in their lives, and thus decision making becomes a form of internal torture.”
“If you want to achieve anything in this world, you have to get used to the idea that not everyone will like you.”
“Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic - if it is pulled out I shall die.”
“There is nothing everyone is so afraid of as being told how vastly much he is capable of. You are capable of - do you want to know? - you are capable of living in poverty; you are capable of standing almost any kind of maltreatment, abuse, etc. But you do not wish to know about it, isn't that so? You would be furious with him who told you so, and only call that person your friend who bolsters you in saying: 'No, this I cannot bear, this is beyond my strength, etc.”
“Much like a patchwork quilt, inspiration that stirs and motivates me is made of many things.”
“Give no answer to contentious arguments or irresponsible accusations. Let such things "fly out open windows" until they spend themselves.”
“It's hard to dream when you're deep inside of one.”
“The world is full of suffering. Birth is suffering, decre- pitude is suffering, sickness and death are sufferings. To face a man of hatred is suffering, to be separated from a beloved one is suffering, to be vainly struggling to satisfy one's needs is suffering. In fact, life that is not free from desire and passion is always involved with suffering.”
“Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either.”
“The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.”
“My soul has painted like the wings of butterflies, Fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die, I can fly, my friends.”
“The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.”
“When you are sorrowful, look again.”
“I had to read Wuthering Heights for English and I never enjoyed a book in all my life as much as that one.”
“When I'm sad, she comes to me with a thousand smiles.”
“We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.”
“From nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations”
“Whoever you are, be that person with all your might. Time goes by faster than we thought. It is a thief so quiet. You must let yourself be loved and you must love, parts of you that never loved must open and love. You must announce yourself in all particulars so you can have yourself.”
“I slept peacefully that night, feeling exultant and determined. Little did I know that I was making the most common and the most painful mistake women have made all throughout the ages: to naively think that with their love they can change the man they love.”