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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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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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,...

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...

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 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 dream, therefore I exist.

I dream, therefore I exist.

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...

Society is madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police

Society is madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police

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...

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...

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.

We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire.

We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past -- a pious guardian...

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past -- a pious guardian...

Love alone could waken love.

Love alone could waken love.

An old man loved is winter with flowers

An old man loved is winter with flowers

If I had a rose for every time I thought of you, I'd walk through...

If I had a rose for every time I thought of you, I'd walk through...

Love is like the sun: has its inner energy source that shines on you

Love is like the sun: has its inner energy source that shines on you