“Although Jesus deeply affirms our suffering, and although he catches every tear and profoundly understands every trial we have walked through, the… — Ann Swindell Copy Share Image
“Even if we're among the lucky few who benefit from civilization, we find ourselves curiously unsatisfied, plagued by stress, worry, and conflict...… — Michael Carter Copy Share Image
I come from a family where happiness was seen as an 'extra,' a kind of frill to life - nice to have,… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
“Listen...You could spend a lifetime trying to understand the works of evil men. Their joys are not ours. They love to inflict… — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
The melting pot failed to function in one crucial area. Religions and nationalities, however different, generally learned to live together, even to… — Theodore Hesburgh Copy Share Image
“And that fear I'd felt, the disembodying confusion, seemed to be a drug I was now addicted to, because moving through the… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“Gabriel Edward Mackie, born with soulful maturity and an intrinsic sense of empathy, gazed at life through a poetic contemplative lens relishing… — JoDee Neathery Copy Share Image
I talked about the human suffering in Iraq. And I also saw the need to advance a freedom agenda. Imagine a world… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“Followers of Jesus stake their claim on the firm belief that God will one day heal the planet of pain and death.… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Anarchists are extreme libertarian socialists , "libertarian" meaning the demand for freedom from prohibition, and "socialist" meaning the demand for social equality… — Donald Rooum Copy Share Image
My existence is such that "I" do not really exist. At the end of understanding so much I understand that I know… — Kedar Joshi Copy Share Image
Oceans need more attention because climate change IS an ocean issue. Our oceans will be the first victim, and sea life will… — Mark Powell Copy Share Image
If love could force my own thoughts over the edge of the world and out of time, then could I not see… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I'm the first secretary of defense that's had to deal with sequestration. I've prepared two budgets that deal with sequestration. And you… — Chuck Hagel Copy Share Image
Now they stumbled in the shackles of humanity, lived in a fear that never died, fretted by a law they could not… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
There are people who are willing to suffer and swallow their tears at leisure, and God will no doubt reward them in… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“When you go through the hardest of times, the people that come to your aid are the ones that you will carry… — Chris Hough Copy Share Image
Jesus doesn't give an explanation for the pain and sorrow of the world. He comes where the pain is most acute and… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
“When I pretended to be precocious, people started the rumor that I was precocious. When I acted like an idler, rumor had… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
Optimism is not only a false but also a pernicious doctrine, for it presents life as a desirable state and man's happiness… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
When Heaven is about to confer a great office on a man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews… — Mencius Copy Share Image
If you have rage and righteously act it out and blame it all on others, it's really you who suffers. The other… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Suffering invites us to place our hurts in larger hands. In Christ we see God suffering – for us. And calling us… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
It is not rude to turn off your telephone by switching it on to an answering machine, which is cheaper and less… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
“The world might not see it or think of it, But you are enough to have someone sacrificed for you. That should… — Nomthandazo Tsembeni Copy Share Image
I am a Christian because of that moment on the cross when Jesus, drinking the very dregs of human bitterness, cries out,… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
After you are diagnosed with a condition that is reasonably likely to lead to intolerable suffering and eventually cause loss of competence.… — Kelvin Ogilvie Copy Share Image
My fear of life is necessary to me, as is my illness. Without anxiety and illness, I am a ship without a… — Edvard Munch Copy Share Image
A newspaper is a public trust, and we will suffer as a society without them. It is not the Internet that has… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
When one is traveling, everything looks brighter and lovelier. That does not mean it IS brighter and lovelier; it just means that… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Thank and glorify His Beloved Son, who, with indescribable suffering, gave His life on Calvary's cross to pay the debt of mortal… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve… — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
We understand it still that there is no easy road to freedom. We know it well that none of us acting alone… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
How important can it be that I suffer and think? My presence in this world will disturb a few tranquil lives and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Literature presents you with alternate mappings of the human experience. You see that the experiences of other people and other cultures are… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
Some form of suffering often brings about a readiness. One can say it cracks open the shell of the egoic mind with… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Humility does not mean believing oneself to be inferior, but to be freed from self-importance. It is a state of natural simplicity… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
Reasonably accurate appraisal of one's own capabilities is, therefore, of considerable value in successful functioning. Large misjudgments of personal efficacy in either… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
Life is one, said the Buddha, and the Middle Way to the end of suffering in all its forms is that which… — Christmas Humphreys Copy Share Image
“ 'Freedom.' He pauses a moment to reflect on the F-word. 'Sometimes I think it's an idea that enslaves us. We're never… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
