Wilhelm Reich Quotes

Life is not mean to be easy.

There's more to life than just surviving . . . but . . . sometimes just surviving is all you get

Life did not present its sunny side to thee.

What else have I done nearly all my life than go hungry and go on singing?

War had the effect of encouraging people to try to stay alive. Poverty, too. Survival was simply too hard-won to be given up lightly.

People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.

There's always got to be a struggle. What else is there? That's what life is made of. I don't know anything else. If there is, tell me about it.

In Kurdistan, there's a lot of hardship - a lot of wars, a lot of bitter and difficult lifestyles. And witnessing all those made me a director.

No matter how many obstacles that are thrown in our path, there are ways to except them and to live through them.

Everyone in life has their challenges, mine have not been financial.

I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don't believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It's not a bed of roses, and you have to work real hard at it.

I've always believed in survival.

There's always been adversity, wherever I've gone.

You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.

To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself.

If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you. That's my job.

You don't grow up naive in Africa.

Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.

I don't care who you are, life has challenges.

When life is real, it's not going to be smooth.

Men are fighting... because they are convinced that the extermination of adversaries is the only means of promoting their own well-being.

When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you're either going to sink or you're going to swim.

Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me.

It is probably a very good thing for a boy to learn to live with enmity, as opposed to an atmosphere of love and affection, as it hardens him and gives him a taste of what he is going to run into later in life.

Everybody goes through some tough times in their life, no matter what you do. Man, I've had my tough times.