“The tension of the soul in unhappiness, which cultivates its strength; its horror at the sight of the great destruction; its inventiveness… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
As long as we want to be different from what God wants us to be at the time, we are only tormenting… — Gerhard Tersteegen Copy Share Image
“Dodrupchen writes: Whenever problems come to us from beings or inanimate objects, if our mind gets used to perceiving only the suffering… — Tulku Thondup Copy Share Image
One way to make a baby cry is to expose it to cries of other babies. There's sort of contagiousness to the… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
But the moon came slowly up in all her gentle glory, and the stars looked out, and through the small compass of… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I lost my father when I was four, so maybe that was always in the background. Losing my brother kicked it into… — Shannon Lee Copy Share Image
“Raw anguish slithers through my brittle bones as the deathly call rots the air. Who murdered you old friend? The forest has… — H.S. Crow Copy Share Image
Sometimes its not the pain that makes you suffer, its your own negative thought that makes things seem worst. — Melania Copy Share Image
Why do men learn through pain and suffering, and not through pleasure and happiness? Very simply, because pleasure and happiness accustom one… — Seraphim Rose Copy Share Image
Whoever would write books? It's suffering as well as greatly satisfying. And certainly there's suffering in the sense that you don't know… — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
The chief secret of comfort lies in not suffering trifles to vex us, and in prudently cultivating our undergrowth of small pleasures,… — Richard Sharp Copy Share Image
I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness, is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
A side benefit of the new and developing technologies is that soon we won't have to feel guilty about the suffering and… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
People do not like the tragic side of life. They deny pain and suffering as a facet of life. Even when someone… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
One should write only those books from whose absence one suffers. In short: the ones you want on your own desk. — Marina Tsvetaeva Copy Share Image
“I’ve brought the sufferings on myself, I’d say. I’ve made mistakes aplenty.” “Show me a man who hasn’t, and I will show… — Ian McGuire Copy Share Image
Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a new born child? — Caroline Norton Copy Share Image
You can instill fear in your kids and get them to mind, but they won't function better in the world and your… — Ian Dunbar Copy Share Image
There is no limit to suffering human beings have been willing to inflict on others, no matter how innocent, no matter how… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
“This is not real suffering, she tells herself. this is only a matter of reprogramming her picture of the future. Of understanding… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
Liberation means no rebirth. Now, does that mean you don't reincarnate? Well, you never did reincarnate. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Nobody would dare look at himself in the mirror, because a grotesque, tragic image would mix in the contours of his face… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
