William Saroyan Quotes

It's not anthrax or terrorism or AIDS that is the worst ill in our world: The most horrible disease in the world is hate.

Racism and injustice and violence sweep our world, bringing a tragic harvest of heartache and death.

Already Roland feels his limbs starting to go numb. He swallows hard. "I hate this. I hate you. I hate all of you." "I understand.

DEMON MATH What is JUST in a world you've ripped in two as if there could be a half for me a half for you what is FAIR when there is nothing left to share what is YOURS when your pain is mine to bear this sad math is mine this mad path is mine subtract they say don't cry back to the desk try forget addition multiply and i reply this is why remainders hate division.

There are many people who live with terrorism every day.

I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings. I think it really exists and is part of the human condition. I think in the course of your life you figure out ways to deal with that.

A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.

Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.

I'm very insecure.

I saw hell. The hospital had divided and conquered pretty successfully.

Most damage that others do us is out of fear, humiliation and pain. Those feelings occur in all of us, not just in those of us who profess a certain religious or racial devotion.

Why do people want to kill and maim and pillage? We're all in it together.

Fear is the only true enemy, born of ignorance and the parent of anger and hate.

Dread, which is closely related to fear, steals the ability to enjoy ordinary life and makes people anxious about the future. It keeps them from looking forward to the next day, the next month, or the next decade.

Depression, suffering and anger are all part of being human.

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

In a world filled with hate, prejudice, and protest, I find that I too am filled with hate, prejudice, and protest.

Everybody feels good in their skin for about a minute a day, and the rest of the day, you're just trying to navigate your way through the sea of terror.

Not being happy really is my fear.

I am depressed rather at the wave of brutality sweeping over the country.

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.

The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.

Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.

Atrocities are human nature - they don't have political beliefs, color, creed or anything like that. They just happen, it's human.

The poor monkey, quietly seated on the ground, seemed to be in sore trouble at this display of anger.