Misfortunes leave wounds which bleed drop by drop even in sleep; thus little by little they train man by force and dispose… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
She understood the genre constraints, the decencies were supposed to be observing. The morally cosy vision allows the embrace of monstrosity only… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
“We resent the thought that anything can please us when someone we love is no longer here to share the pleasure with… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
Overcoming attachment does not mean becoming cold and indifferent. On the contrary, it means learning to have relaxed control over our mind… — Kathleen McDonald Copy Share Image
I was repelled by the sleazy reality of the totalitarian countries: politicians were shameless. There were corruption, pollution, shoddy goods, long lines,… — Antonin Kratochvil Copy Share Image
Happiness and suffering support each other. To be is to inter-be. It's like the left and the right. If the left is… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
In Nirvana, it is you, my friend, who goes away. You take an eraser and erase yourself. It's like the Road Runner… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Dr. King’s policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that… — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
It is quite deplorable to see how many rational creatures, or at least who are thought so, mistake suffering for sanctity, and… — Sydney, Lady Morgan Copy Share Image
There are periods of despondency and suffering which take possession of me. But I don't want anything but my own way. That… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
So the main question is not, Which humans brought about the death of Jesus but, What did the death of Jesus bring… — John Piper Copy Share Image
I don't feel pressure because what everyone expects of me is what I expect of myself anyway. Everyone expects me to win… — Jake Matthews Copy Share Image
Yes, I know what passion would fill me with all its power. Before, I was too young. I got in the way.… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
It would be like when the Cubs won the World Series. Everybody in the country has probably been cheering for them for… — Joe Thomas Copy Share Image
Not only does society suffer from racism and sexism but it also suffers from ageism. Once you reach a certain age you're… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
In California, of all places, entertainment is the key to a vibrant economy. If we do not develop young adults capable of… — David Cassidy Copy Share Image
Jerome sighed and set down his fork. "Are you still doing that, Georgie? Don't I suffer enough without having to endure the… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I owe my life and hope to the gospel. Without it I would still be strutting with racist pride, or I would… — John Piper Copy Share Image
I want to listen to people's stories and find strength in them. There is so much human-caused pain and suffering in the… — Clemantine Wamariya Copy Share Image
At Lackland Air Force Base, they make an effort to retrain military dogs that suffer from PTSD. It's a lengthy, long process.… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
The doctors are all agreed that I am suffering for want of society. Was never a case like it. First, I did… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable. It would be a mistake to say that… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Human existence is a brutal experience to me... it's a brutal, meaningless experience - an agonizing, meaningless experience with some oases, delight,… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
There is something embarrassing in... the way in which, ... turning suffering into images, harsh and uncompromising though they are, ... wounds… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
When men are unhappy, they do not imagine they can ever cease to be so; and when some calamity has fallen on… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
No words can express how much the world owes to sorrow. Most of the Psalms were born in the wilderness. Most of… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Jesus has many who love the kingdom of God, but few who bear a cross. He has many who desire His comfort,… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Our hours of adoration will be special hours of reparation for sins, and intercession for the needs of the whole world, exposing… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
All who are not lunatics are agreed about certain things. That it is better to be alive than dead, better to be… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“life itself is a form of suffering. The rich suffer because of their riches. The poor suffer because of their poverty. People… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Adolescents swing from euphoric self-confidence and a kind of narcissistic strength in which they feel invulnerable and even immortal, to despair, self-emptiness,… — Terri E Apter Copy Share Image
“Just as certain seeds require a forest fire to crack open their shells, crisis burns away our limited self-concepts, allowing our deeper… — Derek Rydall Copy Share Image
The end of suffering happens in this very moment, whether you're watching a terrorist attack or doing the dishes. And compassion begins… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
The more one suffers, the more, I believe, has one a sense for the comic. It is only by the deepest suffering… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My curiosity to see the melancholy spectacle of the executions was so strong that I could not resist it, although I was… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
Not to be able to stop thinking is a dreadful affliction, but we don't realize this because almost everyone is suffering from… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Really, we are not creatures of the world; we are the source of all creation. Being cut off from this knowing is… — Tess Hughes Copy Share Image
Indeed, religion allows people to imagine that their concerns are moral when they are highly immoral - that is, when pressing these… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
You have made me ashamed of the wasted years. You have made me acknowledge that no darkness has ever been deep enough… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
You can't have it both ways. Love is too powerful to hide for very long. Deny it and suffer the consequences. Acknowledge… — Tonya Hurley Copy Share Image
