Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.

Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.

While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us read more

While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die -- whether it is our spirit, our creativity or our glorious uniqueness

It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - and the less a read more

It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - and the less a man knows, the more sure he is that he knows everything.

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by read more

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

Union Carbide desecrated
India with
killer insecticides
brought to Bhopal
They violated Hinduism
All bugs are sacred
to
Ahimsa's read more

Union Carbide desecrated
India with
killer insecticides
brought to Bhopal
They violated Hinduism
All bugs are sacred
to
Ahimsa's Gopal
***
(the biggest industrial accident of all time.. involved several thousand deaths
..as killer insecticide gas killed humans.. )
Ahimsa nonviolence
Gopal.. name for Krishna as protector of cows and all beings.

I guess when your heart gets broken you sort of start to see cracks in everything. I'm convinced that tragedy read more

I guess when your heart gets broken you sort of start to see cracks in everything. I'm convinced that tragedy wants to harden us and our mission is never to let it.

There are no tragedies, just facts not recognized in time.

There are no tragedies, just facts not recognized in time.