40 Quotes About Uselessness

. . .our whispered words, faintly in the darkness, dissolvingwithin the trees—then, fleeting words of consolationwould not suffice if feigned, and flippant wordsconfessed reluctance—our wordswere meaningless uttered on the wind. . .

It is possible for God to live in a man and for the man to still be useless.

To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.

Already, in the last few decades, you have realized the utter futility of of encumbering yourselves with superfluous possessions that have no useful virtue, but which, for various sentimental reasons, you continue to hoard, thus lessening your life's efficiency by using for it time and attention that should have been applied to the practical work of life's accomplishments. (The Miracle of the Lily - 1928)

No one really belongs; at least not in this world. If there were a heaven, maybe there, but, even if there were, in it would be the souls who could bear witness to the undeniable cruelty of life, the poverty of the unwanted.

As a woman still,without the right kind of mouth,my tongue’s of no use.

Don't despair if you wake up feeling useless or empty. It's not life, it's not reality, it's only your mind.

they were nice in a useless sort of way, which is, after all, the only way to be truly nice.

You are useless to GOD as you make a practice of sin, earthliness, and selfishness but when you truly surrender to GOD along the narrow way and turn from your sin earthliness and selfishness begin to fade away.