quotes about Wistfulness

last updated: November 28, 2023

We are in the realm not of logic but of wistfulness, and I must maintain that wistfulness is a respectable, serious condition. How, otherwise, to account for much of one's life?
-- Joseph O'Neill

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“Climbing Jacob''s Ladder is a gutsy, glowing account of one man's encounter with a potent spiritual practice and how it transformed his life. This is a precious book - that rare combination of solid wisdom and good literature.”
“When I think of all the things that tossed my journey off its track, I realize something incredibly important: Life's setbacks only changed my path and the timing of my arrival. They never changed my destination.”
“Happy birthday greetings and warmest wishes, too May today, tomorrow, everyday Be truly happy for you.”
“If you want to civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.”
“Nobody thinks about technical issues anymore because cameras or camera phones take care of that automatically. On the other hand, you still have the option of controlling every technical aspect. It's the most accessible, democratic medium available in the world.”
“The National Catholic Register's coverage of the Church universal, and the Church in our own country, is splendid.”
“There is such a gauntlet of risk that you go through when you climb up to Everest.”
“When one looks into the window of a store which sells devotional art objects, one can't help wishing the iconoclasts had won.”
“The essence of community, its heart and soul, is the non-monetary exchange of value; things we do and share because we care for others, and for the good of the place.”
“A coquette is a young lady of more beauty than sense, more accomplishments than learning, more charms not person than graces of mind, more admirers than friends, mole fools than wise men for attendants.”