Kapanlagi.com - Living in this world is not always easy and enjoyable. In fact, life in this world is often considered very cruel. It is proven that throughout life, we do not always meet good people. Sometimes, we encounter evil people who make our lives more difficult. Cruel but meaningful words may represent our frustration towards injustice in the world.
Indeed, everyone should behave wisely when facing the harsh reality of the world. The cruelty of the world cannot be conquered solely by physical strength. Wisdom in thinking is needed in order to find a way out of every problem. Cruel but meaningful words can guide us to behave wisely while living our lives.
Gathered from various sources, here are cruel words that are meaningful and can be a source of inspiration to behave wisely.
1. Cruel Words But Wise Meaning
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While enduring the weight of trials and the cruelty of the world, humans have unconsciously been taught to have a wise attitude. This is because, in order to conquer the cruelty of the world, one must first understand oneself. Here are cruel but meaningful and wise words.
1. "When someone is fanatical about religion, their cruelty knows no bounds. Cruelty in the name of God, a strange contradiction indeed, but that's how humans are." - Y.B. Mangunwijaya
2. "Time is the cruelest thing that can toss someone around. In one moment, you can laugh, but it is not impossible for you to cry a few minutes later because fundamentally, humans live in uncertainty." - Yoana Dianika
3. "Bitter reality always accompanies our lives, no matter how it comes. The only way for humans is to face it or avoid it?" - Orizuka
4. "There is no such thing as a sign. Fate does not send us messengers. It is too wise or too cruel for that." - Oscar Wilde
5. "Someone may experience the bitterness of life's journey. But they must not stop and must not lose their dreams."
6. "Even if someone thinks they have been cruelly abandoned, they cannot consider themselves completely innocent. It is arrogant to think so." - Sarah Monk
7. "War is cruelty. There is no point in trying to improve it. The crueler it is, the faster it will end." - William Tecumseh Sherman
8. "Patronizing disposition always has a cruel side." - George Elio
9. "Do not let the betrayal of one bad person make you cruelly suspicious of everyone." - Mario Teguh
10. "The cruelest lies are often told in silence." - Robert Louis Stevenson
11. "Be lucky to still taste the bitterness. At least we can measure how sweet it feels." - Moamar Emka
12. "We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
13. "Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings." - Elie Weisel
2. Cruel Words But Meaningful Motivation
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Motivation is something that is needed in life. Not only to face challenges, but motivation is also needed to be able to survive in facing the cruelty of the world. Here are cruel but meaningful words that can awaken motivation.
14. "Keep dreaming, keep dreaming, keep dreaming as long as you can dream! If there is no dreaming, what will life be like! Real life is cruel." - R.A. Kartini
15. "No matter how difficult this life is, deep in our hearts, we know that it is worth continuing until the end!" - Mehmet Murat ildan
16. "When you run through the stormy rain, that is the best revenge for a very cruel fate. The story becomes an inspiration everywhere. Even I dare to bet, tomorrow working day and night in the laboratory, discovering many inventions, also because of being inspired by you. You are very strong." - Tere Liye
17. "Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you hit a wall, don't turn around and give up. Find a way to climb it, go through it, or work around it." - Michael Jordan
18. "Strive to achieve your dreams! Live a tough and honest life. Never give up in the struggle." - Avijeet Das
19. "When everything seems to be against you, remember that airplanes take off against the wind, not with it." - Henry Ford
20. "Leaving toxic people in your life is not a cruel act." - Andry Setiawan
21. "Besides trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing." - L.M.Montgomery
22. "Experience is a cruel teacher, but you will learn fast." - William Nicholson
23. "Life is tough and cruel. Do you think that by reading, writing, and listening to stories, all the problems in your life will be easily overcome? That only happens in the dream world." - Desi Puspitasari
24. "Everything will start and pass. Life happens between those two things. Make sure it is a meaningful and beautiful journey."
25. "Only in the darkest moments can we find the true strength of the brilliant light within us that can never be dimmed." - Doe Zantamata
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3. Cruel Words But Deep Meaning
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Facing the cruelty of the world is not easy. Often, feelings of tiredness and wanting to give up arise. Therefore, feelings of tiredness and frustration towards cruelty are often expressed in deeply meaningful words. Here are cruel but meaningful words.
26. "Not smiling is more cruel than murder." - Sujiwo Tejo
27. "There is a cruelty worse than burning books. One of them is not reading them." - Joseph Brodsky
28. "Leaders who live because of their wealth, one day their death will not be respected. Therefore, do not be cruel and arbitrary towards citizens." - Soeharto
29. "Beautiful, indeed, beautiful. Many cruel things look beautiful from a distance." - Y.B. Mangunwijaya
30. "God is cruel. Sometimes He makes you live." - Stephen King
31. "He who is compassionate to the wicked, cruel to the good." - Thomas Randolph
32. "It feels so painful to know that the person you love betrays you cruelly." - Indah Hanaco
33. "Lover. It's not a gentle word, as people think, but cruel and heartbreaking." - Alice Munro
34. "Sadness is a cruel disease that silently gnaws at the body." - Jessica Huwae
35. "Life is so cruel. People are so cruel." - Tere Liye
36. "Politics is indeed cruel, politics is indeed full. With unhealthy competition. Politics is full of intrigue, politics has many tactics. With all means they take." - Tony Q. Rastafara
37. "People who love peace are traitors to their country and to humanity, just like the cruelest people." - Theodore Roosevelt
38. "The cruelest revenge of a woman is sometimes remaining faithful to us." - Paul Bourget
39. "When it comes to dealing with grief, time often becomes a cruel criminal that relentlessly tortures us, as we continue to discover and realize new things we miss about someone who has gone, every day, every hour, every minute." - Ika Natassa
40. "Time and poverty are indeed cruel to the human body, both of them can transform anyone into looking ugly." - Oka Aurora
41. "In our hearts, there is a cruel dictator, ready to contemplate the suffering of a thousand strangers, when it will ensure the happiness of the few we love." - Graham Greene
42. "Reason is the cruelest, meanest, and beggar on earth." - Arthur Murphy
43. "Hope is needed to fight in difficult times." - Lailah Gifty Akita
44. "Every difficulty brings new experiences and lessons." - Lailah Gifty Akita
45. "We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey." - Kenji Miyazawa
Those are among the 45 cruel yet meaningful words that can give strength. Hopefully, they are useful and inspiring!
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