Afflictions Illnesses Quotes & Sayings

I trust no one, not even myself. — Joseph Stalin

The mess we are making of our planet is caused by our own greed, hatred, and delusion. Aside from the existential afflictions of aging, death, and at least some of the illnesses, every instance we see of human misery, injustice, affliction. or sufficient and pain will, upon sufficient and sometimes even cursory investigation, be shown to be rooted in the attachment, aversion, or ignorance of some person or some group of people together. — Andrew Olendzki

No" - I could never be another person's father, fate, god,
"No" - it should never happen to another child, what happened to me; my childhood. (Auschwitz). — Imre Kertesz

People want more and more leisure time, which means the freedom to do what they want to do, not what they have to do, and as we get richer and richer, more and more people will be able to afford that. — Robert Fogel

also on June 22nd JB vetoes the Homestead Bill ... This bill, which proposes to give him ("the honest poor man," ... ) land at an almost nominal price, out of the property of the government, will go far to demoralize the people and repress this noble spirit of independence. It may introduce among us those pernicious social theories which have proved so disastrous in other countries. — John Updike

The greatest inventions are those inquiries which tend to increase the power of man over matter. — Benjamin Franklin

You want to know what four words I probably hate the most? 'That's not my job.' — Sophia Amoruso

My friends knew I was obsessed with these 'Twilight' boys because I love a dangerous love story. — Bryce Dallas Howard

No matter where life takes me, you'll find me with a smile. Presumed to be happy, always laughing like a child. I never thought life could be this sweet! It's got me cheesing from cheek to cheek! — Mac Miller

If I'm going to portray one of my idols and someone I feel ... so strongly about, it has to be done right, and it has to be done 120 percent. — Zendaya

I like the way Mahler wandered about in his music and still retained his passion. He must have looked like an earthquake walking down the street. — Charles Bukowski

You either stick or you quit. And I wouldnt quit you I dont care what you done. — Cormac McCarthy

What do you suppose those women are after but the same thing as the chaser - the desire to gain their own value from the number and fame of the men they conquer? Only it's one step phonier, because the value they seek is not even in the actual fact, but in the impression on and the envy of other women. — Ayn Rand

It only takes a few minutes in the morning to use gratitude to Have A Magical Day by giving thanks for the events in your day ahead of time, but this one practice alone will change the way your entire day unfolds. — Rhonda Byrne

Funny thing, watching gods realize they've been mortal all along. — Pierce Brown