sadness Quotes

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.

A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.

I have a family, loving aunts, and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything except my one true friend. All I think about when I'm with friends is having a good time. I can't bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don't seem to be able to get any closer, and that's the problem.

I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again.

Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions.

Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.

All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still.

The more refined one is, the more unhappy.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.