“Yet her father had taught her that failing to act in the face of human suffering is inhuman.” — Corban Addison Copy Share Image
It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Yet tears to human suffering are due; And mortal hopes defeated and o'erthrown Are mourned by man, and not by man alone. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Stem cell research holds enormous promise for easing human suffering, and federal support is critical to its success. — Tom Harkin Copy Share Image
For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment's human suffering — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Being a Jew, one learns to believe in the reality of cruelty and one learns to recognize indifference to human suffering as… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
As the medieval mind blamed God for human suffering, so the modern mind blames 'the system' for the industrial blight and plague… — Jennifer Stone Copy Share Image
The most wonderful study of mankind is man. Relieving human suffering and diffusing universal knowledge is humanitarian. — Daniel D. Palmer Copy Share Image
A lot of the roads, bridges, railways, and such are built through the use of forced labor, and that is causing the… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
“David used to tell me that not believing in God was a defense mechanism against human suffering. It’s easier to say nothing… — Tarryn Fisher Copy Share Image
It seems to be that when these communist regimes take over - if you look at the example of Vietnam or Cambodia… — John Negroponte Copy Share Image
The problem of human suffering is never too much rational thinking, or too high a demand for evidence. But the solutions are.… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Think of all the human suffering caused by the sad truth that beautiful sexy women or handsome Porsche-owning men often prove to… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
“A disciple: I am worried about human suffering all over the world. What is the solution?Spiritual leader: The solution to our miseries… — Santosh Kalwar Copy Share Image
Hezbollah's contempt for human suffering is total, as it showed once again this morning when its rockets murdered two Israeli Arab children… — Tom Lantos Copy Share Image
An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the… — Clara Barton Copy Share Image
The hell of human suffering, evil and oppression is paved with good intentions. The men who have most injured and oppressed humanity,… — Robert Briffault Copy Share Image
“All the present bureaucracies of political governments, great religious organizations, and all big businesses find that physical success for all humanity would… — Richard Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
“Splendour in the Grass What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from my sight, Though… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
“Vast populations in parasitic hot zones are without hospitals, doctors, drugs, or surgical equipment. Meanwhile, often directed at the very same underserved… — Kathleen McAuliffe Copy Share Image
“Putting an end to foreign aid is impractical and would likely lead to additional human suffering. It is impractical because citizens of… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
“The entry of government into social insurance and then into a broader range of social interventions has caused incalculable human suffering. It… — Charles Murray Copy Share Image
This is a man with an old face, always old... There was pathos, in his face, and in his eyes. The early… — Edgar Lee Masters Copy Share Image
...a very terrifying aspect of our society, and other societies, is the equanimity and the detachment with which sane, reasonable, sensible people… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“I could never myself believe in God, if it were not for the cross. The only God I believe in is the… — John Stott Copy Share Image
“--"And then I explained to him how naive we were, that the world did know and remained silent. And that is why… — Élie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“The most important thing that is happening in the world right now is the emerging of the new man. Since the monkeys,… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
“If through no fault of his own the hero is crushed by a bulldozer in Act II, we are not impressed. Even… — Bernard Knox Copy Share Image
“The animals feel that this urgency is mutual. Their own suffering has made them aware of human suffering. More frequent contact with… — Linda Bender Copy Share Image
“And I, who believe that God is love, what answer was there to give my young interlocutor whose dark eyes still held… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The horsewife! The very basebone of the American plethora! The horsewife! Without whom the entire structure of civilian life would crumble! Without… — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
Human suffering is articulated in language; communication is how we seek help, consolation, etc. — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
“There were outlaws too; men too slothful to work and too selfish to care who they harmed or how much human suffering… — C.M. Curtis Copy Share Image
Any action that arises out of stress is of low quality, and it contributes to human suffering. You are making yourself and… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Sorrow is an inseparable dimension of our human experience. We suffer after a loss because we are human. And in our suffering,… — Alan D. Wolfelt Copy Share Image
By working to alleviate the suffering of animals you are working at the cause level of human suffering. — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
“Habitual identification with discursive thought is the source of human suffering” — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
I believe that the destructive nature of society that now threatens the existence of the entire human world has much to do… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Politics is about the improvement of people's lives, lessening human suffering, advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and… — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
We have to ask ourselves whether medicine is to remain a humanitarian and respected profession or a new but depersonalized science in… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image