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Helplessness Quotes (page 5)

Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul. Joyce Carol Oates
Franz Kafka quote: "I do not speak as I think, I do not think as I should, and so..."
I do not speak as I think, I do not think as I should, and so it all goes on in helpless darkness. Franz Kafka
We cannot find Him unless we know we need Him. We forget this need when we take a self-sufficient pleasure in our own good works. The poor and helpless are the first to find Him, Who came to seek and to save that which was lost. Thomas Merton
In two weeks it'll be the longest day in the year.' She looked at us all radiantly. 'Do you always watch for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always watch for the longest day in the year and then miss it.' 'We ought to plan something,' yawned Miss Baker, sitting down at the table as if she were getting into bed. 'All right,' said Daisy. 'What'll we plan?' She turned to me helplessly. 'What do people plan? F. Scott Fitzgerald
Elizabeth Smart quote: "I feel helpless, hopeless, too low to call out, too weak to..."
I feel helpless, hopeless, too low to call out, too weak to think. Impotent tears dribble down. Elizabeth Smart
Of her own experience she had no memory of the thing happening; but in her instinct, which was the experience of all mothers of wolves, there lurked a memory of fathers that had eaten their new-born and helpless progeny. Jack London
They were governed by private loyalties which they did not question. What mattered were individual relationships, and a completely helpless gesture, an embrace, a tear, a word spoken to a dying man, could have value in itself George Orwell
In our loss and fear we craved the acts of religion, the ceremonies that allow us to admit our helplessness, our dependence on the great forces we do not understand. Ursula K. Le Guin
Robert Ludlum quote: "You're on your own now. You are not helpless. You will find..."
You're on your own now. You are not helpless. You will find your way. Robert Ludlum
The infantile dream-state of the mass man is so unrealistic that he never thinks to ask who is paying for this paradise. The balancing of accounts is left to a higher political or social authority, which welcomes the task, for its power is thereby increased; and the more power it has, the weaker and more helpless the individual becomes. Carl Jung
Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used--not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless. Elizabeth Gaskell
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "Visiting the sick' is an orgasm of superiority in the..."
Visiting the sick' is an orgasm of superiority in the contemplation of our neighbor's helplessness Friedrich Nietzsche
Louisa May Alcott quote: "but mortal man was helpless ther?"
but mortal man was helpless ther? Louisa May Alcott
Aung San Suu Kyi quote: "If you're feeling helpless, help someone."
If you're feeling helpless, help someone. Aung San Suu Kyi
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Without the family, we are helpless before the State."
Without the family, we are helpless before the State. Gilbert K. Chesterton

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