"In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish."

-- Simone Weil

#Struggle Quotes #Grief Quotes #Serenity Quotes

“You were dead.' She said. 'And in the whole world there was nothing beautiful left.”

Source : Alessandro Baricco (1998). “Silk”, Vintage
“You can forgive someone almost anything. But you cannot tolerate everything...We don't have to tolerate what people do just because we forgive them for doing it. Forgiving heals us personally. To tolerate everything only hurts us all in the long run.”
“I can't sit still for 10 minutes.”
“Someplace between apathy and anarchy is the stance of the thinking human being; he does embrace a cause, he does take a position, and can't allow it to become business as usual. Humanity is our business.”

Source : "American Masters (Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval)". TV Series, November 29, 1995.
“One touch is worth ten thousand words.”
“Look, if you think your need to complain is more important than the lives of the people that are counting on us, go whine somewhere else!”
“The only thing I can see in Jasper Dale's face is helpless and utter confusion.”
“God does not weigh criminality in our scales. We have one absolute, with the seal of authority upon it; and with us an ounce is an ounce, and a pound a pound. God's measure is the heart of the offender,--a balance which varies with every one of us, a balance so delicate that a tear cast in the other side may make the weight of error kick the beam.”

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