“Since then, at an uncertain hour, That agony returns: And till my ghastly tale is told, This heart within me burns.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Submission to suffering is a form of annihilation, but transformation of suffering rekindles a faith that gives life. — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
The secrets of alchemy exist to transform mortals from a state of suffering and ignorance to a state of enlightenment and bliss. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, Blessed are they that morn. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Think of all the human suffering caused by the sad truth that beautiful sexy women or handsome Porsche-owning men often prove to… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
Do not encumber your mind with useless thoughts. What good does it do to brood on the past or anticipate the future?… — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Is there anything more true than human pain? Is there anything more sincere than the cry for help from those who suffer?… — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share Image
You wouldn't wish hardship on anyone, but when it comes, you would be crazy not to see the huge growth that will… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
No matter what part of the world we come from, we are all basically the same human beings. We all seek happiness… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
A virtuous man or woman who is determined to develop the Supreme Enlightened Mind, should thus develop it: I have to lead… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
You have been walking the ocean's edge, holding up your robes to keep them dry. You must dive naked under and deeper… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“Bear one another’s burdens, the Bible says. It is a lesson about pain that we all can agree on. Some of us… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“This doctrine of forgiveness of sin is a premium on crime. 'Forgive us our sins' means "Let us continue in our iniquity."… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The energy of compassion is very strong. We suffer. That is real. But we have learned not to get angry and not… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“The man, who, being really on the Way, falls upon hard times in the world will not, as a consequence, turn to… — Karlfried Graf Durckheim Copy Share Image
“My purpose in writing this book is that you would not be surprised when suffering comes into your life. I want you… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
O, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer! a brave vessel (Who had no doubt some noble creature in her)… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
You would not have the wisdom and knowledge you now possess were it not for the setbacks you have faced, the mistakes… — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
There is no curse equal to the curse of idleness. It destroys the man, the group, the people, or the nation who… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
About a third of my cases are suffering from no clinically definable neurosis, but from the senselessness and emptiness of their lives.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Nothing a man suffers will prevent him from inflicting suffering on others. Indeed, it will teach him the way” — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
Why should anyone - the state, the medical profession, or anyone else - presume to tell someone else how much suffering they… — Marcia Angell Copy Share Image
Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality, for it is only suffering that makes us persons. — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
“Suffering occurs when your ideas about how things ought to be don’t match how they really are. Stop for a second and… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
A civilized society must count animals as worthy of moral consideration and ethical treatment. The question is not, Can they reason? nor… — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
Writing is not about making a buck, not about publishers and agents. Writing is not about feeling good. Writing is about pain,… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
“Alone, alone. I am alone – I ache … Yet for the first time, despite all the anguish and the reality problems,… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. All these things, sorrow, misfortune and suffering, are outside my door. I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When we have to reply to anyone who has insulted us, we should be careful to do it always with gentleness. A… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
“You never suffer nearly as much as you imagine you suffer. You never suffer the illnesses you most dread nor the miseries… — Osho Copy Share Image
Clergymen and people who use phrases without wisdom sometimes talk of suffering as a mystery. It is really a revelation. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The tears of Christ are the pity of God. The gentleness of Jesus is the long-suffering of God. The tenderness of Jesus… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
I have a tremendous respect for writers who scribble away their torments, and their passions into plays. — Rob Urbinati Copy Share Image
Things that happen along the way determine the final result. I think the pain and suffering I went through in the past...… — Lee Dong-wook Copy Share Image
It's always difficult to say goodbye, especially when one has spent a long time - literally years, in the case of a… — Lilith Saintcrow Copy Share Image
The suffering man ought really to consume his own smoke; there is no good in emitting smoke till you have made it… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“This way, suffering becomes a fearful gift, very different from that other gift, happiness, conventionally defined. The latter brings pleasure, but the… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much for them;… — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share Image
“THERE IS A PLACE BEYOND SUFFERING, beyond hope, beyond despair. It is peaceful and timeless, and it is not death.” — Michael Lynes Copy Share Image
I was left behind with the immensity of existing things. A sponge, suffering because it cannot saturate itself; a river, suffering because… — Czeslaw Milosz Copy Share Image
