The worst tragedy that could have befallen me was my success. I knew right away that I was through - read more

The worst tragedy that could have befallen me was my success. I knew right away that I was through - cast out.

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

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

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.

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.

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.

There are two tragedies in life: one is to lose your heart's desire, the other is to gain it.

There are two tragedies in life: one is to lose your heart's desire, the other is to gain it.

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.