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“He has opened the way of wisdom to mortals, by proclaiming as a sovereign law: By suffering comes understanding”

Quote by Aeschylus

Book:Agamemnon

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Agamemnon

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Aeschylus

Aeschylus, a renowned Greek tragic poet, is hailed as the 'Father of Tragedy'. His works have had a profound impact on the development of drama, with masterpieces such as 'Prometheus Bound' and 'Agamemnon'. more

“Cât sunt de reci cuvintele! Nu există niciodată nimic care să poată fi pe măsură. Sufăr, sufăr, sunt un strigăt, sunt ceva care se contorsionează, îmi simt capul plin și greu și gândesc neînchipuit de repede. Și nimic nu iese, nimic nu iese. Să scriu? Inutil să scriu. [...] Oamenii au luat cuvintele și au făcut cu ele literatură. Iar acum, eu nu mai pot să-ți spun cât sufăr.”

Philosophy God Suffering Words

Book:Jurnalul unei fete greu de mulţumit

Source: Jurnalul unei fete greu de mulţumit

“Beautiful things come after the suffering, and leave once we get used to the pain.”

Pain Beautiful Suffering

Book:The Field of Desire

Source: The Field of Desire

“The suffering of pain and abandonment is overcome by the suffering of love, which is not afraid of what is sick and ugly but accepts it and takes it in itself to heal it.”

Love God Suffering Hope

Author:Ilea Delio

“My mother was teaching me that the inside of something was not necessarily its outside. Always look carefully, she told me. Look with more than your eyes.”

Truth Eyes

Book:Incantation

Source: Incantation

“All the same, I'm sure that if one is brave then recovery comes from within, through complete acceptance of suffering and death, and through the surrender of one's will and love of self. But that's no good to me, I like to paint, to see people and things and everything that makes our life—artificial, if you like. Yes, real life would be something else, but I don't think I belong to that category of souls who are ready to live, and also ready to suffer, at any moment.”

Art Real Suffering Painting Letter Renunciation

Book:The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

Source: The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

“Oh, measure it all out! Acceptable levels of misery and suffering!’ The cane swung down, thumped hard on the ground. ‘Acceptable? Who the fuck says any level is acceptable? What sort of mind thinks that?”

Suffering Acceptance Misery

Book:Toll the Hounds

Source: Toll the Hounds

“There is no such thing as happiness. Life bends joy and pain, beauty and ugliness, in such a way that no one may isolate them.”

Life Pain Happiness Suffering

Book:Cane

Source: Cane

“All your failures and hopes, your suffering and striving, are inconsequential, compared with this. They are nothing. You are nothing. It was a relief to be nothing; it felt deep and beautiful and true.”

Philosophy Suffering Hope Failure Relief Deep Nothing Inconsequential Striving Greater Purpose

Book:Tess of the Road

Source: Tess of the Road

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