"Where was it ever promised us that life on this earth can ever be easy, free from conflict and uncertainty, devoid of anguish and wonder and pain? Those who seek the folly of unrelieved 'happiness'-who fear moods, who shun solitude, who do not know the diginity of occasional depression-can find bliss easily enough: in tranquilizing pills, or in senility. The purpose of life is not to be happy."

-- Leo Rosten

#Pain Quotes #Solitude Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“All younger people should know something. If youâ€™re always battling against getting older, youâ€™re always going to be unhappy, because it will happen anyhow.”
“Perseverance is not a passive submission to circumstances-it is a strong and active response to the difficult events of life.”

Source : Elizabeth George (2007). “Finding God's Path Through Your Trials: His Help for Every Difficulty You Face”, p.52, Harvest House Publishers
“When your spinal cord freezes up, you're vulnerable to everything. But he [Chrestopher Reese] was tough as nails. And he kept a great, kind of dark sense of humor about it, but also was able to accomplish amazing things.”
“A portrait, to be a work of art, neither must nor may resemble the sitter... one must paint its atmosphere.”
“I want to be able to explain my mistakes. This means I do only the things I completely understand.”
“Everyday begins like a blank chalkboard, on which each one of us can write the poem of our present and our dreams for the future.”
“I grow stronger with every moment. I will be wild. I will be brutal. I will encircle you and conquer you. I will be more powerful than your boats and your swords and your blood lust. I will be inevitable.”
“I don't trust photographers. I'm now a relaxed, contented 60 year-old, but look at my pictures and you see a crazy, bug-eyed serial killer.”

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