It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a read more

It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.

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.

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.

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

I can't go on anymore bad dates. I would rather be home alone than out with some guy who sells read more

I can't go on anymore bad dates. I would rather be home alone than out with some guy who sells socks on the internet.

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion . . . . I myself prefer to laugh, since read more

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion . . . . I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.

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.

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change read more

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.