William Arthur Ward Quotes

The real world is horrible.

One man’s exile is but a drop in the sea of human misery

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.

Every where the years bring to all enough of sin and sorrow; but in slavery the very dawn of life is darkened by these shadows.

While we yearn for peace, we live in a world burdened with hunger, pain, anguish, loneliness, sickness, and sorrow.

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.

Ignorance, filth, and poverty are the missionaries of crime.

The real world is far more hellish for all us than any fictional representation of it.

I've seen the hell these people go through.

The problem of suffering is: why is there the suffering we know?

It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf.

There are people who are suffering beyond description. They are innocent people, they didn't bring this upon themselves. They are the victims of the sins of other people. And while it's hard to see, it's important to understand that these people exist.

I'll tell you one thing, it's a cruel, cruel world.

Oh eyes, no eyes, but fountains fraught with tears; O life, no life, but lively form of death; Oh world, no world, but mass of public wrongs.

Where is there beauty when you see deprivation and starvation?

There's never any ebb in human misery.

Non-fictionalised accounts of horrific accidents, bereavement, and the outrages of officialdom tend to move us deeply.

The amount of suffering I've seen is beyond belief. The amount of inequality is beyond belief.

The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries.

Misery is the River of the World

We poor creatures are born for man's pleasure and amusement, and destined to go through endless sufferings and trials.

We are all frail-embodied creatures, who at times suffer through injustice, abuse, illness, pain and misfortune.

I don't think we can be entirely happy seeing such misery around us.

I cannot tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth.

Death is softer by far than tyranny.