No love that a man has will only give him pleasure in return- he shall also suffer pain because of it, except… — Ibn Taymiyyah Copy Share Image
The rich people are doing well but regular people suffer. We'll all be better off when we realize that we're part of… — CeCe Winans Copy Share Image
In Gnosticism, the physical world did not ultimately matter - which meant physical suffering did not matter either. Seeking 'enlightenment' meant cultivating… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
Impossible for anyone to conceive the torments of his nights in bed with his beloved one and estranged from her. That turning… — Elizabeth von Arnim Copy Share Image
Hatred, revenge, bitterness - these are negative emotions. The person harbouring those emotions suffers more. — Ahmed Kathrada Copy Share Image
All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
There is nothing compassionate or safe about relegating people, particularly those suffering from mental health or addiction issues, to sleep on our… — London Breed Copy Share Image
I haven't been very good about dealing with disappointment. I suffer it, and then when that suffering becomes a kind of predation,… — Donald Sutherland Copy Share Image
We need stem-cell research, no question about it. It is absolutely crucial for moving our medical science forward. We are trying to… — Richard Carmona Copy Share Image
“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
The intelligence suffers today automatically in consequence of the attack on all authority, advantage, or privilege. These things are not done away… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
Whoever turns away from the hive for fear that produces the sting of the bee, can never enjoy the sweetness of honey.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Altruism does not mean mere kindness or generosity, but the sacrifice of the best among men to the worst, the sacrifice of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“It is our contemporary culture’s tragedy to have lost any sense of suffering as a positive dimension of human existence. Beginning with… — Luke Timothy Johnson Copy Share Image
Why do you think people don't think that homosexual parents are good? You don't know what a homosexual family looks like. I… — Rosie O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
I think people can get a little weirded out by pain, suffering, and death. They don't know what to do so they… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
What seems to be, is, to those to whom it seems to be, and is productive of the most dreadful consequences to… — William Blake Copy Share Image
He longs to give us a magnificent reward. He knows that suffering is the only means of preparing us to know Him… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
To have suffered ... sets a keen edge on what remains of the agreeable. This is a great truth and has to… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
It is ignorance that smothers, and it is carelessness that makes it invisible. The hunger of craving pollutes the world, and the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“A writer off-guard since the materials with which he works are so dangerous can expect agony as quick as a thunderclap.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Mainly I'm a vegan because I like animals, and I don't want to be involved in their suffering. Also, it's better for… — Moby Copy Share Image
Although I am a woman and young, I have more than enough courage to suffer this death and a thousand more. — Policarpa Salavarrieta Copy Share Image
Come to him. He turns no penitent one away. Would you, if you had paid so much in suffering? Would you ever… — Truman G. Madsen Copy Share Image
As we free ourselves from the suffering of 'something is wrong with me, 'we trust and express the fullness of who we… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
We each need to make our lion's roar - to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
The key to the Grail is compassion, 'suffering with,' feeling another's sorrow as if it were your own. The one who finds… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Impermanence is a principle of harmony. When we don't struggle against it, we are in harmony with reality. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
I don't think I have nerves of steel, far from it, but I can certainly stand up to things. I am not… — Etty Hillesum Copy Share Image
Great spiritual traditions are used as a means to ripen us, to bring us face to face with our life, and to… — Jack Kornfield 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
Obeying orders just to obey is the mark of a person who has ceased to think. Remember, it is better to suffer… — Ilsa J. Bick Copy Share Image
Our past may explain why we're suffering but we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die we must… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Suffering is dysfunctional, except as a bodily warning against danger. Psychologically and socially it's merely destructive. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
However, when we are depressed, being reminded of other people's suffering only serves to increase our self-hatred. — Dorothy Rowe Copy Share Image
Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your… — Justin Theroux Copy Share Image
I only know that when Jesus is with a person, that one can endure the deepest suffering and somehow emerge a better… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
