Human Condition Quotes

"What is there that is too dirty, too sordid, too depressing to be read about or spoken of? If literature cannot deal with the grimy underbelly of life, then what is it for?" "A person is born with desires. If those desires are not satisfied, he will seek to satisfy them." "For nothing is more unbearable, once one has it, than freedom." "In the face of pain there are no heroes." "There is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men " "A noble craft but somehow a most melancholy All noble things are touched with that" "Dwelling is the manner in which mortals are on the earth." "There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval" "The mind-forg’d manacles I hear" "All human beings are doomed to die, but they are not born to die." "The reason for evil in the world is that people are not able to tell their stories" "There is no love of life without despair of life" "We are condemned to be free." "To be is to be vulnerable." "The more humanity advances the more it is degraded." "The concept of guilt has always played a crucial role in the human condition. Every human action is accompanied by a shadow of responsibility." "No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth." "Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon." "At bottom we discover that we do not have anything" "We are the hollow men, we are the stuffed men"