Quotes about suffering
suffering moral significant
It is highly significant and indeed almost a rule, that moral courage has its source in such identification through one's own sensitivity with suffering of one's fellow human beings." (p. 16-17) Rollo May
suffering child-abuse results
Mental anguish always results from the avoidance of legitimate suffering. Stefan Molyneux
suffering born homesickness
He decided that we suffer from great temporal homesickness for the decade we were born in. Thomas Pynchon
suffering-and-death doubt dying
Personally, I'm afraid of suffering and afraid of dying. I'm also afraid of witnessing the suffering and death of those who are close to me. And no doubt I project these fears on those around me and those to come, which makes it impossible for me to understand why everyone isn't an antinatalist, just as I have to assume pronatalists can't understand why everyone isn't like them. Thomas Ligotti
suffering looks body
Look at your body— A painted puppet, a poor toy Of jointed parts ready to collapse, A diseased and suffering thing With a head full of false imaginings. —The Dhammapada
suffering engagement three
There are three rings involved with marriage. The engagement ring, the wedding ring, and the suffering. Woody Allen
suffering plastic wells
A well-off plastic surgeon can suffer just as much as an Irish lad who has been abused or whatever. William Nicholson
suffering thoughts-of-death
How much more suffering is caused by the thought of death than by death itself. Will Durant
suffering purpose might
I wondered if I might not be in the grip of demons, if they were not making me suffer for their own purposes, or simply for their enjoyment. Whitley Strieber
suffering going-away peppers
Embarrassment felt a lot like eating chili peppers. It burned in the back of your throat and there was nothing you could do to make it go away. You just had to take it, suffer from it, until it eased off. Sarah Addison Allen
suffering western-culture three
In the emerging world of ethnic conflict and civilizational clash, Western belief in the universality of Western culture suffers three problems: it is false; it is immoral; and it is dangerous. Samuel P. Huntington
suffering would-be affliction
Many would be willing to have afflictions provided that they not be inconvenienced by them. Saint Francis de Sales
suffering doe serving-others
I will not live an instant that I do not live in love. Whoever loves does all things without suffering, or, suffering, loves his suffering. Saint Augustine
suffering too-much want
For it is better to suffer a little want than to have too much.
suffering form clear
Suffering ceases to be suffering when we form a clear picture of it. Richard Paul Evans
suffering atheism kind
Blindness to suffering is an inherent consequence of natural selection. Nature is neither kind nor cruel but indifferent. Richard Dawkins
suffering mistress bookstores
Jerome sighed and set down his fork. "Are you still doing that, Georgie? Don't I suffer enough without having to endure the humiliation of a succubus who moonlights as a Christmas elf?" "You always said I should quit the bookstore and find something else to do," I reminded him. "Yes, but that was because I thought you'd go on to do something respectable. Like become a stripper or the Mayor's mistress. Richelle Mead
suffering sometimes
Sometimes wisdom comes from suffering, and sometimes suffering comes from wisdom. Ryan Miller
suffering important musician
You're a musician, it is important that you suffer! Russell Brand
suffering size mosquitoes
we have to suffer mosquitoes the size of blackbirds. Rebecca Wells
suffering ifs
If you don't co-operate you're gonna suffer from fistophobia. Robert De Niro
suffering transmit ifs
If you don't transform your suffering, you'll transmit it. Richard Rohr
suffering littles needs
There's nothing like suffering to remind us how not in control we actually are, how little power we ultimately have, and how much we ultimately need God. Tullian Tchividjian
suffering chiefs believer
For the life of the believer, one thing is beautifully and abundantly true: God's chief concern in your suffering is to be with you and be himself for you.
suffering innocent victim
We are all both victims and victimizers. Just as everyone suffers, no one is innocent of causing suffering themselves.
suffering culture dishonesty
...this culture of mandatory happiness actually promotes dishonesty and more suffering.
suffering responsible combat
We are not responsible for finding the right formula to combat or unlock our suffering.
suffering answers needs
We don't need answers and explanations as much as we need God's presence in and through the suffering.
suffering medical mum
My mum called me scatty because I could never sit still. But there was no sense I was suffering from a medical condition as such. Rory Bremner
suffering sublime repression
We suffer from a repression of the sublime. Roberto Assagioli
suffering sin lord
I assure you by the Lord, your adversaries shall get no advantage against you, except you sin, and offend your Lord, in your sufferings. Samuel Rutherford
suffering tragedy firsts
When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped. Samuel Johnson
suffering peculiar providence
The equity of Providence has balanced peculiar sufferings with peculiar enjoyments.