Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy.

Quote by August Strindberg

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A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has...

A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has...

I love her and she loves me, and we hate each other with a wild...

I love her and she loves me, and we hate each other with a wild...

That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for...

That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for...

Friendship can only exist between persons with similar interests and points of view. Man and...

Friendship can only exist between persons with similar interests and points of view. Man and...

I dream, therefore I exist.

I dream, therefore I exist.

People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the...

People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the...

I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an...

I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an...

I hated her now with a hatred more fatal than indifference because it was the...

I hated her now with a hatred more fatal than indifference because it was the...

No matter how far we travel, the memories will follow in the baggage car.

No matter how far we travel, the memories will follow in the baggage car.

Oh, I have loved him too much to feel no hate for him.

Oh, I have loved him too much to feel no hate for him.

What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins...

What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins...

Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out,...

Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out,...

People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the...

People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the...

Society is madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police

Society is madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police

People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.

People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.

The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many...

The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many...

There is, in world affairs, a steady course to be followed between an assertion of...

There is, in world affairs, a steady course to be followed between an assertion of...

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness....

Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness....

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true...

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true...