Most wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong: They learn in suffering what they teach in song. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Make a bouquet of the sufferings of Jesus and carry it in the bosom of his soul. — Paul of the Cross Copy Share Image
I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Adventure ... is what might otherwise be called hardship if it were attempted in a different spirit. — Laura Miller Copy Share Image
“You need to keep hurting until you realise you never needed to hurt in the first place.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“Suffering is real. To urge anything that dismisses it as ‘unreal’ is to mock the pain of another.” — Arun Shourie Copy Share Image
“Pain is the great equalizer, the cure to mental anguish, the antidote for a hopeful heart.” — David Estes Copy Share Image
How should thy patience be crowned in heaven if none adversity should befall to thee in earth? If thou wilt suffer none… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Nonacceptance is always suffering, no matter what you are not accepting. Acceptance is always freedom, no matter what you are accepting. — Cheri Huber Copy Share Image
I learned that to humiliate another person is to make him suffer an unnecessarily cruel fate. Even as a boy, I defeated… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The night below. We two. Crystal of pain. You wept over great distances. My ache was a clutch of agonies over your… — Federico Garcia Lorca Copy Share Image
All is race; there is no other truth ,and every race must fall which carelessly suffers its blood to become mixed. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
National partition is a sorrow that touches all Koreans, but for me it is brought to the fore by unimaginable personal suffering. — Park Geun-hye Copy Share Image
Can a woman entertain a man and a pet at the same time? I say unto thee, one of the twain shall… — Gelett Burgess Copy Share Image
There is a secret wisdom-of-the-ages that holds the key to breaking our cycle of self-imposed suffering. The secret wisdom is, Life is… — Kemis Khan Copy Share Image
One strand of psychotherapy is certainly to help relieve suffering, which is a genuine medical concern. If someone is bleeding, you want… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
“Ah! This is retribution for Promethean fire! Besides being patient, you must also love this sadness and respect your doubts and questions.… — Ivan Goncharov Copy Share Image
“Creation-that is the great redemption from suffering, and life's growing light. But that the creator may be, much suffering is needed and… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“He worries a lot and often suffers from feelings of self-doubt. He has a natural attraction to the melancholy side of life.… — Sandra Nichols Copy Share Image
“He was shaken by the overwhelming revelation that the headlong race between his misfortunes ad his dreams was at that moment reaching… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
People have a lot of shame and suffering around it and I felt that the best thing I could do was to… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
Real wisdom is recognizing and accepting that every experience is impermanent. With this insight you will not be overwhelmed by ups and… — S. N. Goenka Copy Share Image
If the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is to live, our babies must live. Our mothers must choose life. If… — Alveda King Copy Share Image
“Some people think and say that we came here to suffer. Hmmmmmmm. I don’t think so.” — Art Hochberg Copy Share Image
Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What I remember as a child is that other kids didn't care about suffering. I always did. — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
“The pain on the inside is what keeps you human,' she said. 'Never forget that.” — Taylor Stevens Copy Share Image
I have been schooled by my own suffering: I've learned the many ways of being purged. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
The main cause of suffering is egoistic desire for one's own comfort and happiness. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer. — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
I stood in unimaginable trance And agony that cannot be remembered. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“This is where he had ended up, lying on his back, trying to forget himself.” — Neil Walker Copy Share Image
Mental anguish always results from the avoidance of legitimate suffering. — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
