Simone Weil
View AuthorIn fighting against anguish one never produces serenity; the fight against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.
Simone Weil
View AuthorAll the pains that distance us are lost pains.
Orson Welles
View AuthorWe are alone, we live alone, and we die alone. Only through love and friendship can we create the illusion, for a moment, that we are not alone.
Mae West
View AuthorWhen I have to choose between two evils, I always prefer the one I haven't tried.
Frank Zappa
View AuthorThe mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it's not open.
Émile Zola
View AuthorI am not optimistic, I want to be optimistic.
Émile Zola
View AuthorNothing is ever finished. A little bit of happiness is enough for everything to start again.
Émile Zola
View AuthorHappiness is not possible in ignorance, only certainty brings tranquility to life.
Juan Zorrilla de San Martín
View AuthorDon't forget that giving advice is to undertake a commitment, at the very least.
Stefan Zweig
View AuthorAll science comes from pain. Pain always seeks the cause of things, while well-being tends to remain still and not look back.
Stefan Zweig
View AuthorNo fault is forgotten as long as the conscience remembers it.
Stefan Zweig
View AuthorThere are two kinds of compassion. One, the weak and sentimental [...] which is not exactly compassion, but rather an instinctive defense of the soul against the pain of others. And the other, the only one that matters, is devoid of sentimentality [...] willing to endure with patience and resignation until its last strength and even beyond.