The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
SYMBOL, n. Something that is supposed to typify or stand for something else. Many symbols are mere 'survivals' as funereal urns carved on memorial monuments. We cannot stop making them, but we can give them a name that conceals our helplessness.
Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness.
There's a bit of a feeling of helplessness in the air. Most people think the Social Democrats aren't capable of governing the country. Some think they don't want to. But only a few people have big hopes of what a Christian Democrat-led government can do.
It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.
The utter helplessness of a conquered people is perhaps the most tragic feature of a civil war or any other sort of war.
Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.
Kafka: cries of helplessness in twenty powerful volumes.
Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.
I was in the car on my way to London, and Radio 2 was doing the Bee Gees story. They started playing the demos we'd made, then I heard Maurice talking. Suddenly that feeling of helplessness and non-acceptance came flooding back. I don't think you can ever come to terms with something like this. But you can learn to live with it.
I really struggle with that feeling of helplessness. That's why I really try to get my blogs, and even myself, to point to the positive and look at all the inspiring things that are happening.
Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
As the plane got closer to Miami, I had this terrible feeling he was dying. Maybe he was telling me that he was going. I felt anger, panic, despair and helplessness.
Interior design is a travesty of the architectural process and a frightening condemnation of the credulity, helplessness and gullibilty of the most formidable consumers --the rich.
Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.
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