Quotes About Burden

Humans carry our past, our history, around with us, and it's just like we're carrying a heavy corpse.

Steven lets go of his humanity with much more relief than fear. It was an awkward burden to carry at the best of times.

I was tied to this place by the loose elastic of ancient guilt, and every so often the pull became too insistent to ignore.

The pack of all disasters has moulded together and fallen on my neck." FRANCISCO PELSAERT

Gods, my gods! How sad the earth is at eventide! How mysterious are the mists over the swamps. Anyone who has wandered in these mists, who has suffered a great deal before death, or flown above the earth, bearing a burden beyond his strength knows this. Someone who is exhausted knows this. And without regret he forsakes the mists of the earth, its swamps and rivers, and sinks into the arms of death with a light heart knowing that death alone . . .

HOW SAD, YE gods, how sad the world is at evening, how mysterious the mists over the swamps. You will know it when you have wandered astray in those mists, when you have suffered greatly before dying, when you have walked through the world carrying an unbearable burden. You know it too when you are weary and ready to leave this earth without regret; its mists, its swamps and its rivers; ready to give yourself into the arms of death with a light heart, knowing that death alone can comfort you.

Gods, gods! How sad the evening earth! How mysterious the mists over the bogs! Whoever has wandered in these mists, whoever suffered deeply before death, whoever flew over this earth burdened beyond human strength knows it. The weary one knows it. And he leaves without regret the mists of the earth, its swamps and rivers, and yields himself with an easy heart to the hands of death, knowing that it alone can bring surcease.

Once her love had been publicized, it would gain weight, become a burden.

W]e must never allow the future to collapse under the burden of memory.

she merely wished to find a way out of the maze. She knew that she had become a burden to him: she took things too seriously, turning everything into a tragedy, and failed to grasp the lightness and amusing insignificance of physical love. How she wished she could learn lightness! She yearned for someone to help her out of her anachronistic shell.

The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become. Conversely, the absolute absence of burden causes man to be lighter than air, to soar into heights, take leave of the earth and his earthly being, and become only half real, his movements as free as they are insignificant. What then shall we choose? Weight or lightness?

The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become.

Her drama was a drama not of heaviness but of lightness. What fell to her lot was not the burden, but the unbearable lightness of being

In the world of eternal return the weight of unbearable responsibility lies heavy on every move we make.

the heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become. the absolute of a burden causes man to be lighter than air.

The only thing that makes me somewhat sceptical regarding human procreation is the unintelligent selection of parents. Some of the most unattractive individuals in the world feel they must multiply at all costs. They are apparently under the illusion that the burden of ugliness becomes lighter if it is shared with descendants.

Before long, unfortunately, she began to be jealous herself, and Tomas saw her jealousy not as a Nobel Prize, but as a burden, a burden he would be saddled with until not long before his death.

Her drama was no drama of heaviness but of lightness. What fell to her lot was not the burden but the unbearable lightness of being

Quanto mais pesado o fardo, mais próxima da terra está a nossa vida, e mais ela é real e verdadeira. Por outro lado, a ausência total de fardo faz com que o ser humano se torne mais leve do que o ar, com que ele voe, se distancie da terra, do ser terrestre, faz com que ele se torne semi-real, que seus movimentos sejam tão livres quanto insignificantes. Então, o que escolher? O peso ou a leveza?

She knew that she had become a burden to him: she took things too seriously, turning everything into a tragedy, and failed to grasp the lightness and amusing insignificance of physical love. How she wished she could learn lightness! She yearned for someone to help her out of her anachronistic shell.

O drama de uma vida pode sempre ser explicado pela metáfora do peso. Dizemos que temos um fardo sobre os ombros. Carregamos esse fardo, que suportamos ou não. Lutamos com ele, perdemos ou ganhamos. O que precisamente aconteceu com Sabina? nada. Deixara um homem porque quis deixá-lo. Ele a perseguira depois disso? Quis vingar-se? Não. Seu drama não era de peso, mais de leveza. O que se abatera sobre ela não era um fardo, mas a insustentável leveza do ser.

No hay nada más pesado que la compasión. Ni siquiera el propio dolor es tan pesado como el dolor sentido con alguien, por alguien, para alguien, multiplicado por la imaginación, prolongado en mil ecos.

Conversely, the absolute absence of a burden causes man to be lighter than air, to soar into heights, take leave of earth abd his earthy being, and become half real, his movements as free as they are insignificant.

Il fardello più pesante è quindi allo stesso tempo l'immagine del più intenso compimento vitale. Quanto più il fardello è pesante, tanto più la nostra vita è vicina alla terra, tanto più è reale e autentica