Quotes by Plight The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight. Ai Weiwei plightspiritualreality There also is the plight that comes from natural disasters; these natural disasters could be alleviated or dealt with; we only need some time to do it. Bhumibol Adulyadej plightnaturalneeds If God had wanted us to be concerned for the plight of the toads, he would have made them cute and furry. Dave Barry toadsplightcute What surprises me about humanity is that in the end such a narrow range of plights defines our moral lives. Douglas Coupland plightmoralhumanity Seeing the Afghan women in their burqas, it's easy to say, "Well, they're not as fully aware as I am, so why do I have to worry so much about their plight?" But that's a misunderstanding. They are brutally aware of their station. Eliza Griswold plighteasyworry The technical stuff is easy to deal with, it's just supplemental to the plight - it's not a real thing, it's just background to what we're really trying to do. Eyedea plightrealtrying However much we may feel for the misery of someone close to us, we always act with some artificiality in their presence. We hold-back from telling them everything we think, often because we do not genuinely mean what we say; or because we take a pleasure in their plight, thankful that we are not affected. Friedrich Nietzsche plightmeanthinking The Israelis have suffered a great deal, we must condemn suicide bombers, and we must never say that the plight of the Palestinians justifies this terrible thing. George Carey plightbomberssuicide Government is rather ill-suited and poorly equipped to alleviate the plight of the poor. It lacks moral rules or standards, and is devoid of basic principles in economic and social matters. Hans F. Sennholz plightgovernmentprinciples Any direct experience that I have with indigenous peoples and their plights may feed into the nature of the story I choose to tell. In fact, it almost certainly will. James Cameron plightmayfacts The plight of modern man is that he is condemmed to be free. Jean-Paul Sartre plightmodernmen I think I would have been much more attuned to the concerns of people who were desperately in need. I was unfamiliar, for instance, with the plight of those living in the small villages in the deserts and the jungles of Africa. Jimmy Carter plightpeoplethinking The sympathies of a well-adjusted person can easily be aroused by the plight of strangers. Indeed, the skillful writer of a novel, a play, or an opera can engage our emotions on behalf of people who are not only strangers to us, but who do not even exist! And a person whose emotions cannot be so aroused is not behaving normally. John Derbyshire plightplaypeople New vows to plight, and plighted vows to break. John Dryden coquettevowplight Empathy for the plight of the Goddess may be essential in seeing how to face our own plight on Earth. John Lamb Lash plightempathyessentials I don't have children of my own so I can't say I know the plight of being a parent, but I can kinda understand some of the complexities of it. Joy Bryant plightparentchildren How many more people right now feel connected to Mumbai because of Slumdog Millionaire, or suddenly are interested in the plight of orphans on Mumbai after seeing that film? The same thing with the Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns. Khaled Hosseini mumbaiplightpeople When a poor disconsolated drooping creature is terrified from all enjoyment,--prays without ceasing 'till his imagination is heated,--fasts and mortifies and mopes, till his body is in as bad a plight as his mind; is it a wonder, that the mechanical disturbancesof an empty belly, interpreted by an empty head, should be mistook for [the] workings [of God]. Laurence Sterne plightimaginationmind Bedeviled, human, your plight, in waking, is to choose from the words that even now sleep on your tongue, and to know that tangled among them and terribly new is the sentence that could change your life. Marie Howe tangledplightsleep The simplest and bravest way to counter the plight of disheartenment is to move toward what is precious. Mark Nepo plightwaymoving12»
