Suffering Quotes · Page 230

It is true that God's power triumphs over everything, but humble and suffering prayer prevails over God Himself.

— Pio of Pietrelcina

No child, through her own will, can pull a mother out of her suffering, and as an adult, I have been very…

— Sheila Heti

Nirvana is a state of perpetual bliss and ecstasy, unaffected by the transient ups and downs of its own creations.

— Frederick Lenz

I would rather that we all should go to eternal chaos, to black and starless night, than that just one soul should…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

“Worst kind of motivation is one where people comfort you by telling about other people who have lost more than you, had…

— Crestless Wave

My spirit is too weak--mortality Weighs heavily on me like unwilling sleep, And each imagin'd pinnacle and steep Of godlike hardship tells…

— John Keats

Sounds good, doesn't work. Never going to happen. Our country is suffering because people like Secretary [Hillary] Clinton have made such bad…

— Donald Trump

All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

America could carry on a two years' war by the confiscation of the property of disaffected persons, and be made happy by…

— Thomas Paine

“The more adversity we suffer in life, the more we savor the brief, rare periods of complete happiness and abandon. Those moments…

— Juliana Buhring

Land mines, torture equipment, cluster bombs, chemical weapons are weapons designed to inflict pain and death on human beings. Most victims are…

— Jose Ramos-Horta

To large numbers of American citizens life in certain parts of the country becomes intolerably hazardous. They may be seized on any…

— H. L. Mencken

“Lost in torment, you find the quivering ache that makes your lips tremble and a song flies. That is how a new…

— Jayita Bhattacharjee

To complete your daily mental hygiene, observe any part of you that is upset or anxious, and offer that part of yourself…

— Martha Beck

I find it difficult to feel responsible for the suffering of others. That's why I find war so hard to bear. It's…

— Alice Walker

“Farewell! I leave you, and in you the last of humankind whom these eyes will ever behold. Farewell, Frankenstein! If thou wert…

— Mary Shelley

Hard work enables us to improve ourselves and the world around us, to combat injustice, reduce suffering, and increase human freedom.

— Joe Lonsdale

With the guitar I've suffered a great deal, but when I've had a good time, the suffering seemed worthwhile,

— Paco de Lucia

Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the…

— Pliny the Elder

I don't care whether animals are capable of thinking; all I care about is that they are capable of suffering!

— Jeremy Bentham

“In a world like this with no laws, no charter of human rights, it's the women who suffer. It's the women who…

— Alex Scarrow

“You know, with talented people… They draw people to themselves, and without even trying to, they tear them to shreds.”

— Kamoshida Hajime

Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Each one of us must suffer long to himself before he can learn that he is but one in a great community…

— William Dean Howells

I don't care if you think my problems are smaller compared to other people's, it doesn't mean I don't suffer as much.

— Anonymous

“The source of our suffering has been our timidity. We have been afraid to think…Let us dare to read, think, speak, write.”

— David McCullough

Clinton vetoed the repeal of the marriage tax. I guess Bill figures if he's married, then we all have to suffer.

— Jay Leno

“Letting go of the belief that we’re powerless to help relieve our own suffering enhances our ability not only to heal but…

— Sharon Salzberg

If we can trust the sufferings of Christ for our sake then we can trust Christ when we suffer for His sake.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

The establishment of Israel was accompanied by much pain and suffering and a real trauma for the Palestinians.

— Reuven Rivlin

One of the big lessons of a big project is you don't want people that aren't really programmers programming, you'll suffer for…

— John Carmack

I remind you that I belong with great ardor to everyone and for this reason I am suffering immensely for all.

— Pio of Pietrelcina

Illusions are certainly expensive amusements; but the destruction of illusions is still more expensive, if looked upon as an amusement, as it…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The heart of a Christian, like the moon, commonly suffers an eclipse when it is at the full, and that by the…

— John Flavel

Buddha says there are two kinds of suffering: the kind that leads to more suffering and the kind that brings an end…

— Terry Tempest Williams

We like to say we would never want anyone we care about to suffer. But is it because it's we who cannot…

— Barkha Dutt

Guard units in the U.S. are suffering severe equipment shortages which will affect their ability to respond to emergencies in their home…

— Ike Skelton

Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired: Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush…

— Edmund Waller

Embryonic stem cell research has the potential to alleviate so much suffering. Surely, by working together we can harness its life-giving potential.

— Nancy Reagan

I am finding it very hard to get my novel started. I suffer from stylistic abscesses; and sentences keep itching without coming…

— Gustave Flaubert