Simplicity brings back the joys of Paradise. Not that we have pure pleasure without a moment's suffering, but when we are surrendered… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Mortality is a school of suffering and trials. We are here that we may be educated in a school of suffering and… — Lorenzo Snow Copy Share Image
We meditate alone but live our lives with other people; a gap is inevitable. If our path is to lead to less… — Greg Kramer Copy Share Image
“It is easy to suffer for a cause or for a mission; this ennobles the heart of the person suffering. But how… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
As to our friend , I pray God to bestow upon him a simplicity that shall give him peace . Happy are… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
One of the greatest challenges facing civilization in the twenty-first century is for human beings to learn to speak about their deepest… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Till you reach the state of jnana and thus wake out of maya you must do social service by relieving suffering whenever… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
In this way, his unhappy soul struggled with its anguish. Eighteen hundred years before this unfortunate man, the mysterious Being, in whom… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Nothing has inflicted more suffering on humanity than its dogmas. It is true that every dogma crumbles sooner or later, because reality… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“I fear you will never arrive at an understanding of God so long as you cannot bring yourself to see the good… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Modern civilization is largely devoted to the pursuit of the cult of delusion. There is no general information about the nature of… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
For when the heart insists on its destiny, resisting the general blandishment, then the agony is great; so too the danger. Forces,… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Sometimes animals may suffer more because of their more limited understanding. If, for instance, we are taking prisoners in wartime we can… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
All the world suffers from the usury of the Jews, their monopolies and deceit. They have brought many unfortunate people into a… — Pope Clement VIII Copy Share Image
Whoever would like to cherish such adders and puny devils - who are the worst enemies of Christ and us all -… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Had you clothed the naked, had you given your bread to the hungry, had your door been open to every stranger, had… — Basil the Great Copy Share Image
When I sing, I think mostly about the music. But I know that, through singing, my body shows everything that I am.… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
I tell of hearts and souls and dances... Butterflies and second chances; Desperate ones and dreamers bound, Seeking life from barren ground,… — Karen Kingsbury Copy Share Image
“We succeeded in taking that picture from [deep space], and, if you look at it, you see a dot. That's here. That's… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“A tearing thrusts this vacant heart Brutal agony does prevail. Incessantly battling for Victory’s love, Its resolute intents to no avail .… — Nely Cab Copy Share Image
“The perturbations, anxieties, depravations, deaths, exceptions in the physical or moral order, spirit of negation, brutishness, hallucinations fostered by the will, torments,… — Lautréamont Copy Share Image
“I saw that he was a genius of suffering and that in the meaning of many sayings of Nietzsche he had created… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“My disbelief paralyzes me temporarily as I stare at the sight of my arm vanishing into an implausibly small gap between the… — Aron Ralston Copy Share Image
Thousands of people who say they love animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
... if we are ashamed to imitate our Lord's sufferings, which He endured for us, and to suffer as He suffered, it… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.' ... 'Nakata's lived a long time, but as I… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Why do you weep? Is it the The hurt or bitterness Buried deep beneath Are you the only one? That has known… — Aimee Fitzy Copy Share Image
I thought I could describe a state; make a map of sorrow. Sorrow, however, turns out to be not a state, but… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Many times I am asked why the suffering of animals should call forth more sympathy from me than the suffering of human… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
But they always just laugh off everything I say, when really I want absolutely nothing more than to destroy the world they… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that in this fiery ordeal, in this suffering, misery, and woe, the South is but undergoing a purification by… — Belle Boyd Copy Share Image
Everything that is thought and expressed in words is one-sided, only half the truth; it all lacks totality, completeness, unity. When the… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Spirituality isn't some quaint stepchild of an intelligent worldview, or the only option for those of us not smart enough to understand… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Some communities don't permit open, honest inquiry about the things that matter most. Lots of people have voiced a concern, expressed a… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
To understand is nothing, but to be understood-that is the problem and the source of anguish. The soul throbs and would have… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
We are breeding creatures incapable of surviving in any place other than the most artificial settings. We have focused the awesome power… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
The essence of justice is mercy. Making a child suffer for wrong-doing is merciful to the child. There is no mercy in… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
“Do not grieve over temptations you suffer. When the Lord intends to bestow a particular virtue on us, He often permits us… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The suffering inflicted, and more often than not on the most vulnerable sectors of society, demeans all of us as humanity. That… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
To live forever should not be an obligation. In fact, eternal life should only be for those who wish for it, because… — Claude Vorilhon Copy Share Image
![“We succeeded in taking that picture from [deep space], and, if you look at it, you see a dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever lived, lived out their lives. The aggregate of all our joys and sufferings, thousands of confident…” quote by Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/018/carl-sagan-160_life_we-succeeded-in-taking-that-picture-from_1533311.jpg)
