“For sin is just this, what man cannot by its very nature do with his whole being; it is possible to silence the conflict in the soul, but it is not possible to uproot it”
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Melancholic Quotes — page 225 of 412
“Few sons attain the praise Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace.”
“Nothing feebler does earth nurture than man, Of all things breathing and moving.”
“An individual has not begun to live until he can rise above the narrow horizons of his particular individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. And this is one of the big problems of life, that so many people never quite get to the point of rising above self. And so they end up the tragic victims of self-centeredness. They end up the victims of distorted and disrupted personality.”
“The Negro is the child of two cultures - Africa and America. The problem is that in the search for wholeness all too many Negroes seek to embrace only one side of their natures.”
“I guess one of the great agonies of life is that we are constantly trying to finish that which is unfinishable”
“Each of us is something of a schizophrenic personality, tragically divided against ourselves.”
“Alienation is a form of living death. It is the acid of despair that dissolves society.”
“Oh, to love what is lovely, and will not last! What a task to ask of anything, or anyone, yet it is ours, and not by the century or the year, but by the hours.”
“My first two books are out of print and, okay, they can sleep there comfortably. It's early work, derivative work.”
“We never do what we wish when we wish it, and when we desire a thing earnestly, and it does arrive, that or we are changed, so that we slide from the summit of our wishes and find ourselves where we were.”
“And the violet lay dead while the odour flew On the wings of the wind o'er the waters blue.”
“And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart.”
“When I speak My lips feel cold - The autumn wind.”
“As we get older - perhaps I'm just speaking for myself - we can get too cynical.”
“The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more blood.”
“You believe an eye for an eye until you are put in that situation. If they kill those guys, it really doesn't mean much to me. My father is gone.”
“It's hard to learn about your parents' courtship.”
“There is a certain amount of purpose, acquiescence, and satisfaction in nursing one's melancholy.”
“I find my familiarity with thee has bred contempt.”