Wretchedness Quotes

“Some people never have any luck. All at once, as though a thick veil had been whisked aside, he clearly saw the wretchedness―the bottomless, monotonous wretchedness―of his existence. The wretchedness which had been, which was, and which was yet to come. His last days indistinguishable from the first, with nothing ahead of him or behind him or around him, nothing in his heart, nothing anywhere.”

“Some people never have any luck. All at once, as though a thick veil had been whisked aside, he clearly saw the wretchedness―the bottomless, monotonous wretchedness―of his existence. The wretchedness which had been, which was, and which was yet to come. His last days indistinguishable from the first, with nothing ahead of him or behind him or around him, nothing in his heart, nothing anywhere.”

“Knowing God without knowing our wretchedness leads to pride. Knowing our wretchedness without knowing God leads to despair. Knowing Jesus Christ is the middle course, because in him we find both God and our wretchedness.”

“The Sacred Word of God shall sanctifies us of any wretchedness.”

“Knowlege of God without knowledge of man's wretchedness leads to pride. Knowledge of man's wretchedness without knowledge of God leads to despair. Knowledge of Jesus Christ is the middle course, because by it we discover both God and our wretched state.”

“It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.”

“It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.”

“The wretchedness of being rich is that you live with rich people.”

“To be unable to read was the ultimate measure of wretchedness.”

“There is no greater sorrow than to recall our time of joy in wretchedness.”

“There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.”