Because they claim to be concerned with the welfare of whole societies, governments arrogate to themselves the right to pass off as… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
The cost in human lives and suffering is so high that we all have to work to end violence and oppression once… — Federico Mayor Zaragoza Copy Share Image
Love is frightened at the intervals of insensibility and callousness that encroach by little and little on the domain of grief, and… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Suffering occurs when love's two hands pull your soul in two directions.” — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
“Our existence comes with Death. And it comes with suffering, death alone is not enough and pleasure have consequences. wicked and fucked.… — Ira N. Barin Copy Share Image
“All reserve is being sacrificed to titillation. The extremes of passion and suffering are served up to enliven the breakfast table or… — Smith III, Ted J Copy Share Image
This is suffering's lesson: pay attention. The important part might come in a form you do not recognize. — Sarah Manguso Copy Share Image
Rude contact with facts chased my visions and dreams quickly away, and in their stead I beheld the horrors, the corruption, the… — Victoria Woodhull Copy Share Image
I'm a little bit of a glutton for punishment, especially when it comes to work. I don't mind a bit of suffering.… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
I believe it should be possible for someone stricken with a serious and ultimately fatal illness to choose to die peacefully with… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
A cross borne in simplicity, without the interference of self-love to augment it, is only half a cross. Suffering in this simplicity… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
“Master Nathaniel looked at him. The fixed stare, the slightly-open mouth, the rigid motionless body, fettered by a misery too profound for… — Hope Mirrlees Copy Share Image
There are women who do not like to cause suffering to many men at a time, and who prefer to concentrate on… — Alfred Capus Copy Share Image
Look at the big picture of the wheel of life. Above it, there is a Buddha. He is pointing, not towards the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
God is not only the God of the sufferers but the God who suffers. ... It is said of God that no… — Nicholas Wolterstorff Copy Share Image
Jesus taught us how to forgive out of love, how to forget out of humility. So let us examine our hearts and… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
“I like to think of you not being able to end your suffering,' she said. 'I like to think of you not… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
“July 25 Suffering in life is really nothing more than the difference between the way things are and the way you imagine… — Robin S. Sharma Copy Share Image
Every religion emphasizes human improvement, love, respect for others, sharing other people's suffering. On these lines every religion had more or less… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“As I listened to him describing the scene of the procurer seducing the young girl, I found myself torn between two conflicting… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
“There is no miserable place waiting for you, no hell realm, sitting and waiting like Alaska—waiting to turn you into ice cream.… — Lama Yeshe Copy Share Image
Our evenings are farewells. Our parties are testaments. So that the secret stream of suffering. May warm the cold of life. — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
