Brian Sutton-Smith Quotes

The most audacious thing I could possibly state in this day and age is that life is worth living. It's worth being bashed against. It's worth getting scarred by. It's worth pouring yourself over every one of its coals.

No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life.

Human misery is too great for men to do without faith.

If you look closely enough, amid the merciless and the bitter, there is always the chance that you may find comfort and the promise of something good.

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or the very foolish imagine otherwise.

We should not clap our hands and mourn, for he is out of trouble. You are still in it.

The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.

Exactly when people are in turmoil is the time that the entertainment business has always been at its best. Because people don't want to be reminded every day that they are under siege, or that they're not having a great time of life.

Life is not always easy to live, but the opportunity to do so is a blessing beyond comprehension. In the process of living, we will face struggles, many of which will cause us to suffer and to experience pain.

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.

As we wander, grieving, in yet another dark moment, amid our pain we must struggle to remember the redemptive power of love and hope.

Life is passion, celebration in the face of chaos, light in the face of darkness, hope in the face of despair, and joy, for the universe without life feels nothing, is nothing, and does nothing except slowly die.

Life without hope is no life.

I see, in this life, the hardship many suffer. I see the joy that music can give. How we deal with all this is part of a preparation for the next life.

Even with the most horrendous things that happen and the tremendous pain that people have to deal with, they still laugh, because I think that's what it means to be human.

First we'll escape, then we'll play baseball.

When I think of the happiness that is in store for me, every sorrow, every pain becomes dear to me.

If you have fun, fine. It's not all life and death.

A dream is what makes people love life even when it is painful.

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.

Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.

I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them.