"At its best our age is an age of searchers and discoverers, and at its worst, an age that has domesticated despair and learned to live with it happily"
- Flannery O'Connor
About this Quote
This quote by Flannery O'Connor speaks with the duality of our current age. On the one hand, it is an age of expedition and discovery, where people are constantly pressing the limits of understanding and understanding. On the other hand, it is an age where anguish has actually been accepted and even welcomed as a part of life. We have actually become so accustomed to the concept of anguish that we have learned to cope with it, even if it implies living a less than ideal life. This quote functions as a tip that while we need to strive to take advantage of our lives, we must likewise know the darker aspects of our current age and strive to make it better.
This quote is written / told by Flannery O'Connor between March 25, 1925 and August 3, 1964. He/she was a famous Author from USA.
The author also have 23 other quotes.
"Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality"
"The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom"
