--- title: "1 People Christ Quotes By Shusaku Endo" description: "1 People Christ quotes by Shusaku Endo. Plus more from Shusaku Endo and more People Christ sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f8/shusaku-endo-17257_ability-to-love_but-what-grieved-him-most-was-his-inabil_2279598.jpg" --- > [“...but what grieved him most was his inability to love these people as Christ had loved them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shusaku-endo/but-what-grieved-him-most-was-his-inability-to-love-these-people-as/) [shusaku endo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shusaku-endo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f8/shusaku-endo-17257_ability-to-love_but-what-grieved-him-most-was-his-inabil_2279598.jpg) ## More by Shusaku Endo > [“ Desolation would not be the proper word to describe his feelings now; it was more the sense of emptiness he imagined he might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shusaku-endo/desolation-would-not-be-the-proper-word-to-describe-his-feelings-now/) [Shusaku Endo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shusaku-endo/) > [Over the years I have forged intimate familial ties with these characters, who are reflections of a portion of myself. Consequently, even a character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shusaku-endo/over-the-years-i-have-forged-intimate-familial-ties-with-these/) [Shusaku Endo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shusaku-endo/) > [“The important thing in this life is to link your sadness to the sadness of others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shusaku-endo/the-important-thing-in-this-life-is-to-link-your-sadness-to-the/) [Shusaku Endo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shusaku-endo/) > [“The earth is not just for the clever and the strong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shusaku-endo/the-earth-is-not-just-for-the-clever-and-the-strong/) [Shūsaku Endō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shusaku-endo/) > [“We priests are in some ways a sad group of men. Born into the world to render service to mankind, there is no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shusaku-endo/we-priests-are-in-some-ways-a-sad-group-of-men-born-into-the-world-to/) [Shūsaku Endō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shusaku-endo/) > [“People are linked together by enmity than by love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shusaku-endo/people-are-linked-together-by-enmity-than-by-love/) [Shūsaku Endō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shusaku-endo/) > [“When you sail, don't Pull up the anchor weeping. Be a man, do it laughing...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shusaku-endo/when-you-sail-don-t-pull-up-the-anchor-weeping-be-a-man-do-it-laughing/) [Shūsaku Endō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shusaku-endo/) > [“Not all men are handsome and strong. There are some who are cowards from birth. There are some who are weak by nature. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shusaku-endo/not-all-men-are-handsome-and-strong-there-are-some-who-are-cowards/) [Shūsaku Endō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shusaku-endo/) > [Christianity, to be effective in Japan, must change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shusaku-endo/christianity-to-be-effective-in-japan-must-change/) [Shusaku Endo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shusaku-endo/) > [“For the first time in her life Tomoe came to the realization that there are fools and fools. A man who loves others with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shusaku-endo/for-the-first-time-in-her-life-tomoe-came-to-the-realization-that/) [Shūsaku Endō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shusaku-endo/) > [“To help others is the way of Buddha and the teaching of Christianity - in this point the two religions are the same. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shusaku-endo/to-help-others-is-the-way-of-buddha-and-the-teaching-of-christianity/) [Shūsaku Endō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shusaku-endo/) > [“Trample! Trample! It is to be trampled on by you that I am here. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shusaku-endo/trample-trample-it-is-to-be-trampled-on-by-you-that-i-am-here/) [Shusaku Endo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shusaku-endo/) > [“His pity for them had been overwhelming; but pity was not action.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shusaku-endo/his-pity-for-them-had-been-overwhelming-but-pity-was-not-action/) [Shusaku Endo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shusaku-endo/) > [“I was only giving expression to a sad reflection that was rising in my mind. Kichijiro was right in saying that all men are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shusaku-endo/i-was-only-giving-expression-to-a-sad-reflection-that-was-rising-in/) [Shusaku Endo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shusaku-endo/) > [Every weakness contains within itself a strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shusaku-endo/every-weakness-contains-within-itself-a-strength/) [Shusaku Endo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shusaku-endo/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-christ/shusaku-endo/#itemlist", "name": "1 People Christ Quotes By Shusaku Endo", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“...but what grieved him most was his inability to love these people as Christ had loved them.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shusaku Endo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shusaku-endo/but-what-grieved-him-most-was-his-inability-to-love-these-people-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f8/shusaku-endo-17257_ability-to-love_but-what-grieved-him-most-was-his-inabil_2279598.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f8/shusaku-endo-17257_ability-to-love_but-what-grieved-him-most-was-his-inabil_2279598.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f8/shusaku-endo-17257_ability-to-love_but-what-grieved-him-most-was-his-inabil_2279598.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...but what grieved him most was his inability to love these people as Christ had loved them.” — shusaku endo", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-christ/shusaku-endo/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-christ/shusaku-endo/", "name": "People Christ Quotes by Shusaku Endo", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-christ/shusaku-endo/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f8/shusaku-endo-17257_ability-to-love_but-what-grieved-him-most-was-his-inabil_2279598.jpg" }, "description": "1 People Christ quotes by Shusaku Endo. 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