Troubles Holding You Down Quotes & Sayings

In compassionate men, severity is a virtue. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Nowhere, not even in the sciences, does there exist a "purely natural" realm of knowledge. To encounter the world is to encounter its being, which is gratuitously imparted to it from beyond the sphere of natural causes, known within the medium of an intentional consciousness, irreducible to immanent processes, that grasps finite reality only by being oriented toward a horizon of transcendental ends (or, better, "divine names"). — David Bentley Hart

There are some days where, at the end of the day, you've done OK. It's the most out-of-control feeling you possibly can have. — Kathryn Hahn

If you've been fortunate enough to live out your dream in the profession of your choice, then you have an obligation to send the elevator back down. — Jack Lemmon

Can words describe the fragrance of the very breath of spring? — Neltje Blanchan

It is a fearful mistake to believe that because our wishes are not accomplished they can do no harm. — Gertrude The Great

Rahel's "list" was an attempt to order chaos. She revised it constantly, torn forever between love and duty. It was by no means a true gauge of her feelings. — Arundhati Roy

London is like a girlfriend I loved, then really fell out with. — Lapo Elkann

It is important to act as if bearing witness matters. — Maxine Kumin

The adventurous state of mind is a high house ... The joy of adventure is unaccountable. This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful. — Agnes Martin

I always wanted to be the outlaw. And that's to a certain extent how I've lived. — James Frey

I'm not lost, because I haven't any idea where to go that I might get lost on the way to. I'd like to get lost, because then I'd know where I was going, you see. — Catherynne M Valente