Afflictions tend to wean us from the world - and to fix our affections on things above. — John Angell James Copy Share Image
“Affliction caused by the tongue is worse than that caused by the strike of the blade of a sword.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines. — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
A smile is the only infectious affliction everyone is encouraged to spread. — Omar Kiam Copy Share Image
Affliction by that falsehood is the act of dying. To be free from that delusion is to attain Immortality. — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
“The main recipients of injustice in any society are the afflicted the distressed and the troubled one, both in soul and in… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
My father,” she admitted, “was of Italian extraction. Unfortunately, not an affliction that can be cured.” She paused. “Though he did die. — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
He who willingly accepts chastening by affliction is not dominated by evil thoughts against his will; whereas he who does not accept… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
Afflictions are meant for our spiritual benefit; we are sometimes tempted that we may learn to pray the more. — T. B. Joshua Copy Share Image
To lose what we have never owned might seem an eccentric bereavement, but Presumption has its own affliction as well as claim. — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, concern… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
“Glory follows afflictions, not as the day follows the night but as the spring follows the winter; for the winter prepares the… — Richard Sibbes Copy Share Image
In a world of discouragement, sorrow, and overmuch sin, in times when fear and despair seem to prevail, when humanity is feverish… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
There is a tonic strength, in the hour of sorrow and affliction, in escaping from the world and society and getting back… — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction.… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
In the midst of the affliction He counsels, strengthens confirms, nourishes, and favors us… More over, when we have repented, He instantly… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
There is an elasticity in the human mind, capable of bearing much, but which will not show itself, until a certain weight… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away-the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Human cultures are all experiments in trying to find a form that will fit the matter of our immediacy; but it is… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
Being thick isn't an affliction if you're a footballer, because your brains need to be in your feet. And Beckham works hard,… — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
His gaze narrowed and she could see his hands twitching again like he’d love nothing more than to throttle her. She was… — Maya Banks Copy Share Image
Boredom is that awful state of inaction when the very medicine ― that is, activity ― which could solve it, is seen… — Margaret George Copy Share Image
Boko Haram represents the ultimate Fatwa of our time. The question is does the sect's Fatwa represent the articulated position of the… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Prayer by its nature is communion and union of man with God; by its action it is the reconciliation of man with… — Ignatius Bryanchaninov Copy Share Image
It's a peculiar thing about liberals. When it comes to middle-class people who are fully capable of caring for themselves, liberals seek… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
Suppose you are drinking a cup of tea. When you hold your cup, you may like to breathe in, to bring your… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Many of the most important principles of intelligence cannot by taught at universities, from books, or through other temporal learning processes. Often… — Monte J. Brough Copy Share Image
“afflictions are classed as peripheral mental factors and are not themselves any of the six main minds [eye, ear, nose, tongue, body… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
We relate all our afflictions more frequently than we do our pleasures. — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
There is more evil in the least sin than in the greatest affliction. — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
Affliction may one day smile again; and till then, sit thee down, sorrow!. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I ask myself: is every story that has ever been written in this world, a story of suffering and affliction? — Clarice Lispector Copy Share Image
The occurrence of an evil thought is an affliction; not to continue it is the remedy. — Katsuki Sekida Copy Share Image
God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
The afflictions to which we are accustomed, do not disturb us. — Claudius Claudianus Copy Share Image
If you would not have affliction visit you twice, listen at once to what it teaches. — James Burgh Copy Share Image
![“afflictions are classed as peripheral mental factors and are not themselves any of the six main minds [eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and mental consciousnesses]. however, when any of the afflicting mental factors becomes manifest, a main mind [a mental consciousness] comes under its influence, goes…” quote by Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b2e/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_emptiness_afflictions-are-classed-as-peripheral-me_1418999.jpg)
