Suffering did different things to different people...Some souls became tempered, unshakable in their faith, while others became twisted and mis-shapen, throwing off… — Naomi Ragen Copy Share Image
Pain is pain, and the importance of preventing unnecessary pain and suffering does not diminish because the being that suffers is not… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
So many in our world today are suffering from isolation, war and oppression. So much money is spent on the construction of… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
I'm interested in little people. 'The little, great people' is how I would put it, because suffering expands people. — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
Stunned and still not suffering. Swollen with care and anxiety and still not suffering. Useless, old and full of grief, but still… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“And so we gain hope—not from the darkness of our suffering, not from pat answers in books, but from the God who… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
In the valley of suffering, despair and bitterness are brewed. But there also character is made. The valley of suffering is the… — Nicholas Wolterstorff Copy Share Image
Hardship And Misfortune May Be Unpleasant, But They Can Sometimes Have A Beneficial Effect On The Character, Especially When People Fail To… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
The issue [Israeli-Palestinian conflict], already lasting more than half a century, has brought deep suffering to the Palestinian people and remains an… — Xi Jinping Copy Share Image
“Night blanketed weary men who fell asleep where they dropped on the trampled prairie grass, while around them other prostrate men from… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Rude contact with facts chased my visions and dreams quickly away, and in their stead I beheld the horrors, the corruption, the… — Victoria Woodhull Copy Share Image
“At this point, the sequence of my memories is disrupted. I sank into a chaos of brief, incoherent and bizarre hallucinations, in… — Jean Lorrain Copy Share Image
“Hardships are part of the journey too. I mete them out ever so carefully, in just the right dosage, with a tenderness… — Sarah Young Copy Share Image
“Everyone tries to make his life a work of art. We want love to last and we know that it does not… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Love is reckless; not reason. Reason seeks a profit. Loves comes on strong, consuming herself unabashed. Yet in the midst of suffering… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“the root of suffering is neither the feeling of pain nor of sadness nor even of meaninglessness. Rather, the real root of… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Intentional suffering and the postponement of happiness is not yoga or Buddhism. It will not lead to a better incarnation. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The only thing that really teaches one what life's about the joy of understanding, the joy of coming in contact with what… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
We believe in peace. We strongly believe in freedom. Where we see suffering we will help. And rather than try to offset… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Latin food suffers like Chinese. You can do marginal Chinese and be successful. You can do crappy Mexican and be packed. — Aaron Sanchez Copy Share Image
Towns are suffering from all these things, we should unite until we are all satisfied, man cannot be killing each other as… — Compay Segundo Copy Share Image
Before my eyes are many miserable scenes, the suffering of others and myself forces my hands to move. I become a machine… — Ba Jin Copy Share Image
We initially targeted pager networks, which have been suffering for the last decade due to cell phone sales. — David Rose Copy Share Image
My work as a human being is to quiet my mind, open my heart and do what I can to relieve the… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
We need a president who doesn't just visit our forgotten communities for rallies but one who lives in them - one who… — Tim Ryan Copy Share Image
Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Whether one has natural talent or not, any learning period requires the willingness to suffer uncertainty and embarrassment. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation. It is only when… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
The great question in life is the suffering we cause, and the most ingenious metaphysics do not justify the man who has… — Benjamin Constant Copy Share Image
Suffering is essential for the elimination of the ego, just as it was necessary for you to scrub and scrub in order… — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
This is the secret of joy. We shall no longer strive for our own way; but commit ourselves, easily and simply, to… — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
Beyond the world of thought and sensorial impressions, there are planes and dimensions of perfect light, knowledge, and radiant perfection. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“...that the doctor being himself a mortal man, should be diligent and tender in relieving his suffering patients, inasmuch as he himself… — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share Image
Silence alone is great; all else is feebleness . . . Perform with all your heart your long and heavy task. .… — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share Image
Life does not count by years. Some suffer a lifetime in a day, and so grow old between the rising and the… — Augusta Jane Evans Copy Share Image
If you want to gain market share at your competitor's expense - look for a customer that's suffering from too much complexity… — Peter Cohan Copy Share Image
It seems that we have been born only to consume and to consume, and when we can no longer consume, we have… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed… — John Donne Copy Share Image
No matter how we suffer, we have an obligation to others. We have to be unselfish enough to try to live in… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering. — Ralph Merkle Copy Share Image