Quotes about Tragedy
The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.
— Rick Warren
The greatest tragedy in life is the prayers that go unanswered simply because they go unasked.
— Mark Batterson
The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose.
— Myles Munroe
When we see around us the tragedy of not taking this truth seriously and when we experience within ourselves the veracity of the truth, we will be positioned to move forward in our spiritual progress. We also will have a different attitude toward those who more obviously struggle in areas where we might only secretly have a problem. Day by day, an awareness of our condition will help us grow spiritually.
— William Wilberforce
The good die first, and they whose hearts are dry as summer dust, burn to the socket.
— William Wordsworth
Since the death of his daughter, a consumptive, he had not thrashed a woman; he lived alone.
— Elias Canetti
Had the situation not been so tragic, we might have laughed.
— Elie Wiesel
I remember a young Hungarian Jew, his shoulders stooped like an old man's, who confessed to some infraction so as to be beaten in his uncle's stead. I am young, he said, and stronger than he. He was young but no less weak. He did not survive the beating
— Elie Wiesel
To forget a holocaust is to kill twice.
— Elie Wiesel
The tragedy of man is that he doesn't know how to distinguish between day and night. He says things at night that should only be said by day."
— Elie Wiesel
The word "chimney" here was not an abstraction; it floated in the air, mingled with the smoke. It was, perhaps, the only word that had a real meaning in this place.
— Elie Wiesel
Jews, listen to me,' she cried. I see a fire! I see flames, huge flames.
— Elie Wiesel