Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem.
Time brought resignation and a melancholy sweeter than common joy.
Death solves all problems - no man, no problem.
for some reason, dying men always ask the question they know the answer to. perhaps it's so they can die being right.
It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.
A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap.
If you see from your rulers what you hate, hate the action they do but do not rebel against them You should listen and obey them even if the ruler smites your back and takes your wealth.
Rebellion and revolution has always been unallowed in the Muslim religion.
If things happen for the good, I say that Lord Krishna wished it so, and if anything goes against me, even then I say Lord Krishna wanted it to happen that way.
Every day without fail one should consider himself as dead. There is a saying of the elders that goes, 'Step from under the eaves and you're a dead man. Leave the gate and the enemy is waiting.' This is not a matter of being careful. It is to consider oneself as dead beforehand.
The man who sticks it out against his fate shows spirit, but the spirit of a fool.
I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?
I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.
Humility and resignation are our prime virtues.
Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.
I never had a burning desire to have children. But then I met Nick, and I thought, 'This is the only person I'd do this with.' So we tried, but I was a little long in the tooth for that sort of thing. But we didn't turn it into a soap opera. We tried for about a year or so, and it didn't happen and took that to mean it wasn't meant to be.
I believe very profoundly in an over-ruling Providence, and I do not fear that any real plans can be thrown off the track. It maynot be intended that I shall be President--but that would not break my heart.
Good God, what does it matter? If life is a tragedy, or a farce, or a disaster, or anything else, what do I care! Let life be what it likes. Give me a drink, that's what I want just now.
You pray for things, and you know, we all have our wishlists, but I've learned to pray for whatever's in your will.
See the hand of God in all events, and thereby become reconciled to His dispensations.
O visions ill foreseen! Better had I Liv'd ignorant of future, so had borne My part of evil only.
Why must you always try to be omnipotent, and shove things about? Tragic things happen sometimes that we just have to submit to.
People always ask me, 'Lech, aren't you afraid of being killed?' And as an answer I shrug my shoulders.
Death is the cure for all diseases.
The universe is neither friendly nor hostile. It is merely indifferent. This makes me ecstatic.
By this time I was no longer very much terrified or very miserable. I had, as it were, passed the limit of terror and despair. I felt now that my life was practically lost, and that persuasion made me capable of daring anything