#troubled

Although I'm not particularly troubled myself, I do have a lot of empathy for troubled characters. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

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A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct result of literature and the allied arts. It is our belief that no human being who devotes his life and energy to the manufacture of fantasies can be anything but fundamentally inadequate. ↗

— Christopher Hampton

#anything #arts #being #belief #devotes

At the time it seriously troubled me, but in drafting me as Marshall Plan Administrator, President Truman did as great a favor for me as one man can do for another. It opened my eyes to many things of which I was totally unaware and it was the beginning of my real education. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#another #beginning #did #drafting #education

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#both #criticism #doubt #enslave #faith

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#his #man #more #nowhere #own

My recollection of a hundred lovely lakes has given me blessed release from care and worry and the troubled thinking of our modern day. It has been a return to the primitive and the peaceful. ↗

— Hamlin Garland

#been #blessed #care #day #given

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#great #most #people #small #small things