Cosmic Pessimism Quotes & Sayings

This is Nature - the balance of colossal forces ... the mighty Cosmos in perfect equilibrium produces - this ... sometimes it seems to me that man is come where he is not wanted ... why should he run about here and there, talking about the stars, disturbing the blades of grass?
from Lord Jim — Joseph Conrad

Pop music, I think there's a reason why kids connect to it. — Spike Jonze

You are a child of love that has come here to live in love and to give away love. — Debasish Mridha

I could feel it in myself. I felt lighter, unshackled, as if something I had been carrying had fallen away ... I just enjoyed the feeling and watched the once amorphous student body separate itself into hundreds of individuals. The pronoun 'we' itself seemed to crack and drift apart in pieces. — Jerry Spinelli

Whenever I'm with other people, part of me shrinks a little. Only when I am alone can I fully enjoy my own company. — Alan Bradley

When Andy Carroll first appeared on the scene he was a tall skinny kid and his coordination was all over the place. He reminded me of a giraffe. — Glenn Roeder

You plant a garden one flower at a time ... You write a book one word at a time, clean a closet one shelf at a time, run a marathon one step at a time. If you feel defeated by some large task, get your spade and dig the first hole. — Jeanne Marie Laskas

Is it not the best pity, when a man has a sore point, not to touch it at all? — Victor Hugo

A soul can create only when alone ... — Abraham Joshua Heschel

As I get, I give. Giving as you get is critical. It has everything to do with being happy for yourself, and making others happy is the cause of making yourself happy, and it's the cycle of giving and getting. — Russell Simmons

Complexity is acceptable as long as it is intelligible and necessary. We want to avoid needless complications. — Donald A. Norman

I closed my eyes, shook my head, and laughed softly at his breathy words. Funny how I still hated that nickname, but my heart fluttered every time he said it. I hadn't forgotten the longing to hear him say it again while I was with Trent, because I knew hearing him say it meant seeing him again. And I knew that no matter how ridiculous it was, I would never complain about it again. — Molly McAdams

What if marriage is really about making us more like Christ, not so much about making us happy? — Kirk Cameron

Acceptance doesn't mean masochistic pessimism, but joyful support of and participation in the great cosmic drama. — Nathan J. Johnson