Quotes by Tragedy Get thee behind me, tragedy. Anne Rice behinds thee tragedy You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music. Annie Proulx tragedy real life-is the tragedy of an attachment is that if its object is not attained it causes unhappiness. But if it is attained, it does not cause happiness – it merely causes a flash of pleasure followed by weariness, and it is always accompanied, of course, by the anxiety that you may lose the object of your attachment. Anthony de Mello anxiety attachment tragedy Can one be fully human without experiencing tragedy? The only tragedy there is in the world is ignorance; all evil comes from that. Anthony de Mello tragedy ignorance evil On Twitter, when someone would die, I would write a joke. Or if there's a tragedy, I would write a joke and tweet it. That was my thing, and then at a certain point, people started demanding it. Anthony Jeselnik tragedy writing people Tragedy on the stage is no longer enough for me, I shall bring it into my own life. Antonin Artaud stage tragedy enough Syria has become the great tragedy of this century - a disgraceful humanitarian calamity with suffering and displacement unparalleled in recent history. Antonio Guterres humanitarian tragedy suffering Definition of tragedy: A hero destroyed by the excess of his virtues Aristotle excess tragedy hero The best tragedies are conflicts between a hero and his destiny. Aristotle destiny tragedy hero The true end of tragedy is to purify the passions. Aristotle passion tragedy ends Tragedy is an imitation not only of a complete action, but of events inspiring fear and pity. Such an effect is best produced when the events come on us by surprise; and the effect is heightened when, at the same time, they follow as cause and effect. The tragic wonder will then be great than if they happened of themselves or by accident; for even coincidences are most striking when they have an air of design. Aristotle design tragedy air Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life. Aristotle comedy tragedy men A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself . . . with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish its catharsis of such emotions. Aristotle catharsis tragedy fear A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end. Aristotle tragedy ends action A tragedy is that moment where the hero comes face to face with his true identity. Aristotle true-identity tragedy hero Tragedy is an imitation not of men but of a life, an action Aristotle tragedy action men Life is a tragedy of nutrition Arnold Ehret nutrition wellness tragedy How would I behave in a situation that caused me to summon the essence of my character? The tragedy inspired me to test myself. I wanted to reveal to myself who I was: the kind of person who died, or the kind of person who overcame circumstances to help himself and others Aron Ralston tragedy essence character One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. Arthur C. Clarke tragedy atheist religion One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all. Arthur C. Clarke tragedy simple people «1234567891011»