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.

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.

We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look.

We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look.

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
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(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.

Disaster is a natural part of my evolution. Toward tragedy and dissolution.

Disaster is a natural part of my evolution. Toward tragedy and dissolution.

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off read more

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.

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.

The tragedy of human life consists in our vain attempts to stretch the limits of things which can never become read more

The tragedy of human life consists in our vain attempts to stretch the limits of things which can never become unlimited, to reach the infinite by absurdly adding to the rungs of the ladder of the finite.