“There are so many people, especially among our comrades, who imagine that words are nothing - on the contrary, isn't it true that saying a thing well is as interesting and as difficult as painting it?” PeopleWellsDifficultInterestingImaginePaintingContraryImagine ThatComrade Book:Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)
“Yet, here we are, long and difficult years into that conflict," ... "we still have not created the state we promised them. On the contrary, our costly and valiant efforts have produced an outcome our government did not predict or intend-a failed state spinning out of control into anarchy and civil war.” YearsLongStillsWarStatesGovernmentDifficultEffortConflictContraryOutcomesCivil WarAnarchySpinningValiantSpinning Out Of Control Author:Anthony Zinni
“Jesus will turn your sorrow into joy. One can only imagine the shock and bewilderment the Apostles felt when the Lord told them he must go away. Though they could not understand it at the time, his departure was for their benefit. The same is true of the unexpected setbacks and tragedies we experience in this life...When I consider the times when I have been confounded by events that seemed so contrary to what I thought God wanted for me, I should be mindful that they were permitted by the Lord's inscrutable providence for my own good, as difficult as that might be to fathom.” ShouldHas BeensMightWantedJoyTurnsJesusFeltDifficultMy OwnLordImagineEventsSorrowBenefitsTragedyContraryThis LifeShockUnexpectedGoing AwayProvidenceApostlesSetbackDepartureFathomBewildermentInscrutable Author:Patrick Madrid
“The real goal of a spiritual tradition should not be ascent, but openness, vulnerability, and this does not require great experiences but, on the contrary, very ordinary ones. Charisma is easy; presence, self-remembering, is terribly difficult, and where the real work lies.” ShouldDoeRealSelfRememberSpiritualLyingEasyDifficultGoalWorkOrdinaryTraditionContraryVulnerabilityOpennessCharismaAscentGreat ExperiencesReal Work Author:Morris Berman
“I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men as a disturbing factor. It made things difficult for me when I started working as a director.” MenChildrenMadeFatherDifficultDirectorsAbsenceContraryFactorsDisturbing Author:Michael Haneke
“I find it awfully difficult to determine if the habit of talking about oneself at length runs contrary to the basic rules of propriety, or if instead the man exempt from this vice is rare.” IfsMenRunningDifficultTalkingHe ManHabitOneselfDetermineVicesContraryLengthPropriety Author:Giacomo Leopardi