In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The nature of anguish is translated into different forms.
The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.
Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.
Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.
Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
As I write, I control my anxiety and anguish thanks to the invaluable aid of irony and humor. But every night I am subdued by an anxiety that knows no irony, and I must wait until the next day to rediscover the blend of anguish and humor that characterizes my writing and that generates my style.
Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you.
Suffering does not discriminate.
What some people interpret as brooding melancholy is serenity. I don't feel required to grasp all the time.