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People need trouble -- a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don't mean you read more
People need trouble -- a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don't mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy.
It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a read more
It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.
I am as frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified forest.
I am as frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified forest.
Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We read more
Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.
The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital read more
The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and "mangled mind" leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.
All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is to -- act as if it were read more
All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is to -- act as if it were impossible to fail.
Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success.
Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success.
Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change read more
Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.
I can't go on anymore bad dates. I would rather be home alone than out with some guy who sells read more
I can't go on anymore bad dates. I would rather be home alone than out with some guy who sells socks on the internet.