cynicism

In theory man is put at the center of everything but in practice he is barely allowed to sit on the sidelines

You are not a better or wiser person simply because you__e ceased to care.

How tolerable misfortunes appear when they affect only other people! How strong the human body seems when it's another man's flesh that bleeds! How easy it is to look death in the face when it's another man's turn!

I can't bear the thought that a man of lofty mind and heart begins with the ideal of the Madonna and ends with the ideal of Sodom.

Cynicism is often the shamefaced product of inexperience.

Cynicism, like gullibility, is a symptom of underdeveloped critical faculties.

If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.

Our sole concern with the long dead is aesthetic

Recognising clichés is a sign of aging.

I'm not ready to let the youthful part of myself go yet. If maturity means becoming a cynic, if you have to kill the part of yourself that is naive and romantic and idealistic - the part of you that you treasure most - to claim maturity, is it not better to die young but with your humanity intact?

I'm getting old, thought Eileen Calder. Old and worn out and cynical. And being cynical is a lot worse than being old or worn out.

...[we] has left nothing durable to signalize his stay upon this planet.[we]eventually dies to the honest regret of [our] associates.

Cynicism may help us create simpler storylines with good guys and bad guys, but it doesn't make us any better at telling the truth, which is that most of us are a frightening mix of good and evil, sinner and saint.

By the time you swear you're his,Shivering and sighing.And he vows his passion is,Infinite, undying.Lady make note of this --One of you is lying.

Maybe your empathy's just a comforting lie, you ever think of that? Maybe you think you know how the other person feels but you're only feeling yourself, maybe you're even worst than me. Or maybe we're all just guessing.

They say the distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success, I believe you can say the same thing about the distance between good and evil.

It's true that Thomas was a doubter, but he was not a cynic, and that's an important distinction. Cynics often look for reasons not to believe and won't be moved by something beautiful__ust to make a point__ven if it's staring them down. Thomas wasn't a cynic, he was a hopeful doubter; he'd believe if he could.

I think this goes more to the idea of 'relentless irony' than 'divine providence.