Darkly Comical Quotes

Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought. – Hazlitt

Never give up on a man until he has failed at something he likes. – Lewis E. Lawes

We cannot hold a torch to brighten another’s path without brightening our own. – Ben Sweetland

Three men were laying brick.
The first was asked: “What are you doing?”
He answered: “Laying some brick.”
The second man was asked: “What are you working for?”
He answered: “Five dollars a day.”
The third man was asked: “What are you doing?”
He answered: “I am helping to build a great cathedral.”
Which man are you? – Charles M. Schwab

The thing that impresses me most about this country is its hopefulness. It is this which distinguishes it from Erurope, where there is hopeless depression and fear. – Aldous Huxley

Someone has well said, “Success is a journey, not a destination.” Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road, for then the journey is over and it is too late. Today, this hour, this minute is the day, the hour, the minute for each of us to sense the fact that life is good, with all of its trials and troubles, and perhaps more interesting because of them. – Robert R. Updegraff

Absence diminishes little passions and increase great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire. – La Rochefoucald

Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures; costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and him who receives, and thus, like mercy, is twice blessed. - Erastus Wiman

I do not understand what the man who is happy wants in order to be happier. – Cicero

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. – Chinese Proverb