Pierre was an extraordinary teacher - he really was one of the best, and he raised the boys so, so well: to… — Margaret Trudeau Copy Share Image
“All these mystics, throughout history, all over the world, they all found their way to enlightenment by physical suffering.” — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
We seem to know that international wars tend not to stop with their formal "peace treaties." We seem not to have thought… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“Don't!" cried Jamie. "Don't be bitter, Margaret. We don't know why, we never can know why things happen in this world exactly… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
My number one recommendations for part time grapplers is: no alcohol - no smoking - Follow the Gracie diet. The reason I… — Royce Gracie Copy Share Image
To Buddha, the second figure in the painting, life on earth was bitter, filled with attachments and desires that led to suffering. — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
People are always asking, "What's the purpose of life?" That's easy. Relieve suffering. Create beauty. Make gardens. — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Vivisection is wrong because it is an abuse of man's power over the helpless, involving pain and suffering. The name for this… — Jon Evans Copy Share Image
We're always looking at this love through the eyes of the person who is suffering because of this love. — Krzysztof Kieslowski Copy Share Image
you have not a boat of your own, that is just it; that is what women always suffer from; they have to… — Ouida Copy Share Image
My suspicion is that those who seem oblivious to suffering, whether it is nearby or in remote corners, are for the most… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There is no joy nobler than suffering for the sake of love for man. — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
Like everyone else, I was at least peripherally involved in the antiwar movement. You woke up every morning feeling tormented about what… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
People differ in where they direct their empathy and their compassion. Many people are intensely concerned about the suffering of non-human animals,… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
Reaching for the stars, perfectionists may end up clutching air. They suffer from mood disorders, troubled relationships, and stress. They may even… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
We must never forget that Christ did not suffer just during His three years of public ministry or the last few days… — A. B. Simpson Copy Share Image
In Zen Buddhism an action is considered good when it brings happiness and well-being to oneself and others, evil when it brings… — Thich Thien-An Copy Share Image
What do you believe? I believe that the last and the first suffer equally. Pari passu. Equally? It is not alone in… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
As we have said, robust souls are sometimes almost, but not entirely, overthrown by strokes of misfortune....Despair has steps leading upward. From… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I don't want the words to be naked the way they are in faxes or in the computer. I want them to… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
They who have steeped their soul in prayer can every anguish calmly bear. — Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Copy Share Image
We live less than the time it takes to blink an eye, if we measure our lives against eternity. So it may… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
Christ willed to suffer and be despised and do you dare complain of the same? Christ had adversaries and backbiters; and do… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
