There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.'No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.Dalai Lama XIV
The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our living above our ability, but rather in our living below our capacities.Benjamin E. Mays
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.Oscar Wilde
I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.Christopher Hitchens
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.Martin Luther King, Jr.
Everything is ephemeral, fleeting, and transitory; this is both the beauty and the tragedy of life.Henri-Frédéric Amiel
In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.Oscar Wilde
It's tragic how few people ever possess their souls before they die. Nothing is more rare in any man, than an act of his own. It is quite true. Most people are other people.Oscar Wilde