I used to think, if I were the Lord, I would not suffer people to be tried as they are. But I… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
Indeed, religion allows people to imagine that their concerns are moral when they are highly immoral - that is, when pressing these… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“I believed I was too sensitive and weak. To “prove” I wasn’t a victim anymore, I moved closer to painful experiences rather… — Christina Enevoldsen Copy Share Image
That's the way it is when you love. It makes you suffer, and I have suffered much in the years since. But… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Blessed art Thou, Lord, who giveth suffering As a divine remedy for our impurities. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Cleanse Yourself With Laughter And Tears. Let The Tears Take Out All The Agony That Is Hidden Inside You And Let Laughter… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
“Our Ancestors knew that healing comes in cycles and circles. One generation carries the pain so that the next can live and… — Gemma B. Benton Copy Share Image
“Everybody becomes wise when the moment is gone. Retrospective wisdom is worthless. When you are picking on something, at that very moment… — Osho Copy Share Image
“Perhaps," you will add, grinning, "those who have never been slapped will also not understand" - thereby politely hinting that I, too,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Our attitude in the face of life's challenges determines our suffering or our freedom. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Relief is a short-lived emotion, passive and thin. The agony of doubt disappears, leaving little memory of how it really felt. Life… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“My meaning is, that any state of action or passion implies previous action or passion. It does not become because it is… — Plato Copy Share Image
It is often thought that the Buddha's doctrine teaches us that suffering will disappear if one has meditated long enough, or if… — Ayya Khema Copy Share Image
Using medicine in the service of cosmesis is generally bad for patients, bad for doctors, and bad for democracy. The only exceptions… — Alice Dreger Copy Share Image
I am saddened when I hear these words -this is not the person I knew - because those words objectify the person… — Bob DeMarco Copy Share Image
The Buddha taught that suffering is the extra pain in the mind that happens when we feel an anguished imperative to have… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
You will pass through storms and heavy rains, and at times you will suffer defeat. The essence of the creative life, however,… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
recurrence is sure. What the mind suffered last week, or last year, it does not suffer now; but it will suffer again… — Alice Meynell Copy Share Image
The voice of painterly integrity spoke to me. And the idea was that one would find this anguish, or whatever, and construct… — Malcolm Morley Copy Share Image
We may writhe in agony from pain Or laugh out loud when we find happiness As long as we're alive tomorrow will… — Miho Obana Copy Share Image
I've always tried to write California history as American history. The paradox is that New England history is by definition national history,… — Kevin Starr Copy Share Image
The world cries for men who are strong--strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer. I pray that you will… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
The great loneliness- like the loneliness a caterpillar endures when she wraps herself in a silky shroud and begins the long transformation… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
If we endure all things patiently and with gladness, thinking on the sufferings of our Blessed Lord, and bearing all for the… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
