“The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness.”
~ Malcolm Gladwell / David and Goliath
Stanley Kunitz on Frailty
“We have to learn how to live with frailties. The best people I know are inadequate and unashamed.”
~ Stanley Kunitz
Kurt Vonnegut on Weakness
“My soul knows my meat is doing bad things, and is embarrassed. But my meat just keeps right on doing bad, dumb things.”
~ Kurt Vonnegut
Seneca on Weakness
“Every impulse to cruelty is born from weakness.”
~ Seneca