„And as, in ethics, Evil is a consequence of Good, so, in fact, out of Joy is sorrow born. Either the memory of past bliss is the anguish of to-day, or the agonies which are, have their origin in the ecstasies which might have been.“

— Edgar Allan Poe

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„To while away the day contemplating evils that might have been is to poison the happiness we already have.“
— Christopher Paolini
„My principle anguish and the source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh.“
— Nikos Kazantzakis
„time past and time futurewhat might have been and what has beenpoint to one end, which is always present.“
— T.S. Eliot
„See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good.“
— Hayao Miyazaki
„For the desire of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith, and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.“
— Paul of Tarsus
„Learn to recognise the mother in Evil, Terror, Sorrow, Denial, as well as in Sweetness and in Joy.“
— Swami Vivekananda