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Fundamentally, all writing is about the same thing; it's about dying, about the brief flicker of time we have here, read more
Fundamentally, all writing is about the same thing; it's about dying, about the brief flicker of time we have here, and the frustration that it creates.
A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.
A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.
I am as frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified forest.
I am as frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified forest.
Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his read more
Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be.
People need trouble -- a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don't mean you read more
People need trouble -- a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don't mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy.
No matter how discouraged we get, God has not asked us to do the impossible
No matter how discouraged we get, God has not asked us to do the impossible
The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital read more
The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and "mangled mind" leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.
Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have read more
Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.
Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We read more
Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.
