“Man is extraordinarily clever in preventing himself from being happy; it would seem that the less able he is to endure misfortune the more apt he is to attach himself to it.” MenSeemsAbleEndureCleverMisfortunesPreventing Author:Andre Gide
“you must be gay; only thus can life be endured. I speak from experience for I have had to endure much, and have only been able to endure it because I have always laughed whenever I had the chance.” AbleLife IsSpeakChanceGayLaughterEndureLaughed Author:Catherine the Great
“Darwin remarks that we are less dazzled by the light at waking, if we have been dreaming of visible objects. Happy are those who have here dreamt of a higher vision! They will the sooner be able to endure the glories of the world to come.” IfsWorldHas BeensDreamLightAbleVisionObjectsHigherGloryEndureVisibleWakingRemarks Author:Novalis
“And I think about my cell at the Pawiak prison. During the first week I felt I would not be able to endure a day without a book, without the circle of light under the parafin lamp in the evening, without a sheet of paper, without you. . . .” ThinkingFirstsBookLightAbleFeltWeekPaperPrisonEndureCirclesEveningCellsSheetsLampsWithout You Author:Tadeusz Borowski