“In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.”
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Simone Weil 193
French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist 1909–1943Related quotes
Between Hell and Reason (1945)
Context: Even before the bomb, one did not breathe too easily in this tortured world. Now we are given a new source of anguish; it has all the promise of being our greatest anguish ever. There can be no doubt that humanity is being offered its last chance. Perhaps this is an occasion for the newspapers to print a special edition. More likely, it should be cause for a certain amount of reflection and a great deal of silence.
“The anguish of loss may be redeemed, but can never be mediated.”
Source: Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy (1958), Chapter Seven, Kierkegard, p. 138
Quoted by many sites and blogs as "speech that Charlie Chaplin gave on his 70th birthday". Actually, a re-translation (from Portuguese-BR) of a text from the book "When I Loved Myself Enough" by Kim & Alison McMillen (2001). https://authorjoannereed.net/charlie-chaplin-self-love-poem-subtle-art-of-myth-busting/
Misattributed
“… my soul bleeding tears of anguish”
Source: Even Vampires Get the Blues
“One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish.”
Source: Romeo and Juliet
“To be human is a problem, and the problem expresses itself in anguish.”
(2008)