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Quotes About Struggle

fulfillment is always murky, insufficiently clear, devoid of the greatness and purity of the undertaking.
~ Witold Gombrowicz
Sonuna kadar insan olmayanlar?n sonuna kadar dünya olmayan dünyas?n? bir ân bile unutam?yordum -ve panikle korka korka, acayip iÄŸrene iÄŸrene, onun batakl?k yeÅŸilini sadece gözümde canland?rd???mda bile ürpere ürpere yine de ondan kopmay? beceremiyordum; mini mini bir kuÅŸun y?lan?n görüntüsüyle büyülenmesi gibi büyülenmiÅŸtim.
~ Witold Gombrowicz
Average intelligence loves blinders, which facilitate an even trot; but a brisker and livelier intelligence desires uncertainty, risk, a play of more deceptive and elusive forces...where one can preserve flight, pride, joke, confession, rapture, play, struggle.
~ Witold Gombrowicz
Samotno?? jest wypychaj?ca. Wi?c po d?u?szej m?ce znowu otworzy?em drzwi, ukaza?em si? na progu, z samotno?ci troch? na o?lep jak nietoperz.
~ Witold Gombrowicz
Masum olmama arzular?nda masumdular. Kollar?nda bir kad?n varken masumdular. Kavga ve dövüÅŸte masumdular. Ezberden ÅŸiirler okurken masumdular. Masumca davran?rlarken masumdular. Hatta kan dökerlerken, iÅŸkence yaparlarken, tecavüz ederlerken ya da söverlerken bile, bir mübarek masumiyetin tehdidindeydiler – ve bunlar?n hepsi, masumluÄŸun içine düÅŸmemek içindi.
~ Witold Gombrowicz
Ale mo?e raczej nale?a?oby powiedzie?, ?e naczeln?, podstawow? m?k? jest nie co innego, tylko cierpienie, zrodzone z ograniczenia drugim cz?owiekiem, z tego, ?e si? dusimy i d?awimy w ciasnym, w?skim, sztywnym wyobra?eniu o nas drugiego cz?owieka.
~ Witold Gombrowicz
MedytowaÅ'em tedy (wci?? na oceanie, miotany statkiem, który miotaÅ' siÄ™ na fali) ?e miÅ'o?? jest wysiÅ'kiem woli, ogniem, który rozpalamy w sobie, bo tak chcemy, bo chce siÄ™ by? zakochanym, bo nie mo?na znie?? i?by siÄ™ nie byÅ'o zakochanym.
~ Witold Gombrowicz
Ale z tego niedosz?ego starcia pozostanie mu ju?, a? do ko?ca chyba, rosn?ce prze?wiadczenie, ?e cnota ma szpony i umie mordowa?, ?e ?wiat moralny i duchowy podlega powszechnemu prawu okrucie?stwa.
~ Witold Gombrowicz
And the ridiculous impotence of words in the face of life!
~ Witold Gombrowicz
She never moved in pieces like a mosaic She moved whole like a sculpture But it was next to impossible With her limited means even if she had started And besides They were watching
~ Witter Bynner
I have extremely little courage myself, much less than you; but I have found that whenever, after a long struggle, I have screwed my courage up to do something I always felt much freer & happy after it.
~ Unknown
Her pupils were at once her salvation and her despair. They gave her the means of supporting life, but they made life hardly worth supporting.
~ Wodehouse
Gott schläft, und wir leben weiter.
~ WOLFGANG BORCHERT
Dieses Leben? Nein, dieses Leben ist weniger als Nichts. Ich mach nicht mehr mit, du. Was sagst du? Vorwärts, Kameraden, das Stück wird selbstverständlich brav bis zu Ende gespielt. Wer weiß, in welcher finsteren Ecke wir liegen oder an welcher süßen Brust, wenn der Vorhang endlich, endlich fällt. Fünf graue verregnete Akte!
~ WOLFGANG BORCHERT
Look for another bed if yours is occupied. I don't want the miserable little bit of your life. You're just not enough for me, my boy. First, you have to live. Kick ass, and let yourself be ass-kicked. One day, when you're totally drunk, up to the top, when you're paralyzed, struggling to move and lying in the mud, then we can talk again. But for now, get real, ok? And now your clear the premises, my darling boy. Your little handful of life is not fucking enough. Keep it. I don't want it.
~ WOLFGANG BORCHERT
Ich möchte Leuchtturm sein in Nacht und Wind – für Dorsch und Stint, für jedes Boot – und ich bin doch selbst ein Schiff in Not!
~ WOLFGANG BORCHERT
Schrei nicht los, wenn du eine halbe Stunde im Nebel stehst, nachts,einsam. Du triffst immer wieder auf die andern. Komm, Junge, werd nicht müde! Hör nicht hin auf die sentimentale Klimperei des süßen Xylophonspielers, hör nicht hin.
~ WOLFGANG BORCHERT
Knurrewahn hatte viel durchgemacht; aber er war nicht weise geworden.
~ Unknown
When indecision's in the heart The soul is bound to grieve and smart.
~ Unknown
What you can't go through on your own, God will help you fly over.
~ Unknown
The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.
~ Woody Allen
A deranged person is supposed to have the strength of ten men. I have the strength of one small boy... with polio.
~ Woody Allen
Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.
~ Woody Allen
I am at two with nature.
~ Woody Allen