“The movement of descent and discovery begins at the moment you consciously become dissatisfied with life. Contrary to most professional opinion, this… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
Must it ever be thus-that the source of our happiness must also be the fountain of our misery? The full and ardent… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
what is joy without sorrow? what is success without failure? what is a win without a loss? what is health without illness?… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If God wishes to be born as man and to unite mankind in the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, He suffers the… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
All the books on my shelves, when I would go to them to look for help with my anguish, they all just… — Phil Elvrum Copy Share Image
I was battling depression, went through a really hard time in my marriage, and I used to cry myself to sleep. I… — Maureen McCormick Copy Share Image
Growing up, it was always, 'If you buy kosher meat, they're killed humanely.' But I've seen so many horrible videos. What we… — Carol Leifer Copy Share Image
Physician of the Iron Age, Goethe has done his pilgrimage. He took the suffering human race, He read each wound, each weakness… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
It is not the responsibility of knights errant to discover whether the afflicted, the enchained and the oppressed whom they encounter on… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
In dealing with those who are undergoing great suffering, if you feel "burnout" setting in, if you feel demoralized and exhausted, it… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
For arousing compassion, the nineteenth-century yogi Patrul Rinpoche suggested imagining beings in torment - an animal about to be slaughtered, a person… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“Your God would never punish you for being a human being: this life itself is your penance...But it is also more than… — Mirabai Starr Copy Share Image
The level of dependence on government among rural populations is actually extraordinary. They suffer even more when that assistance is taken away… — Lydia Polgreen Copy Share Image
Part of therapy is the hope. You need to feel like there's hope, warmth and happiness somewhere in there otherwise you'll be… — The Last Skeptik Copy Share Image
To diminish the suffering of pain, we need to make a crucial distinction between the pain of pain, and the pain we… — Howard Cutler Copy Share Image
He could not forgive her, but he could not be unfeeling. Though condemning her for the past, and considering it with high… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The therapist does not treat patients by simply giving them another set of beliefs. He or she tries to help them see… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
All disease, at some period or other of its course, is more or less a reparative process, not necessarily accompanied with suffering:… — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
Reality in movies is the reality of the story you're telling, so it may not match the reality as we know it,… — Caleb Deschanel Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, after Sept. 11, there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism, and the Bush administration was very shrewd… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
A few people would suffer, but a lot of people would be better off.' 'It's just not right,' said Kevin stubbornly. 'Maybe… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
In short, my vision of a responsible free society is one in which we discourage evil, but do not prohibit it. We… — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
Why does man freeze to death trying to reach the North Pole? Why does man drive himself to suffer the steam and… — Walter Reisch Copy Share Image
“Most people ebb and flow in torment between the fear of death and the hardship of life; they are unwilling to live,… — Jeff Wheeler Copy Share Image
Rather than showing themselves to be an ally to the middle class by ending the AMT or repealing it for years to… — Ellen Tauscher Copy Share Image
It's a torturous time when you learn almost everything you really have to know about survival. The important thing to remember when… — Shirley Manson Copy Share Image
The Christian must know that the season, measure, and continuance of his sufferings are appointed by Infinite Wisdom, and designed to work… — John Newton Copy Share Image
Our Heavenly Father knows us and our circumstances and even what faces us in the future. His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ, our… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
“It is artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts the self) to complain and cry about one’s own misery and it is raudradhyan (wrathful… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
In 2011, I was in Hollywood peddling 'Sicario' to constant and resounding 'no's. Texas was suffering the worst drought on record. Wildfires… — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share Image
“A person with no arms trying to punch themselves until their arms grow back" may be the best description I've ever read… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
“Together we learned why God has given us His name as "I AM" (Exodus 3:14). His grace always proved itself sufficient in… — Helen Roseveare Copy Share Image
There were two persons, a man and a woman who fell in love with each other. these two lovebirds eventually found their… — Mohamad Idrus Copy Share Image
I tell you, we would be hard put to determine what is more evil -- religion or the pure idea. The intervention… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
One of the primary tests of the mood of a society at any given time is whether its comfortable people tend to… — Richard Hofstadter Copy Share Image
“...that life is interwoven with suffering. That in every life without exception, illnesses are unavoidable. That we wil age, and that we… — jan phillip sendker Copy Share Image
You suffer when you give birth, it doesn't matter, it's nature. They tell you, oh, those hormone pills, they're terrible, you'll get… — Jeanne Moreau Copy Share Image
“Wounded parents often unintentionally inflict pain and suffering on their children and these childhood wounds causes a laundry list of maladaptive behaviors… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
Understanding that everything is impermanent, that happiness is transformed into suffering, and that all phenomena are lacking reality in themselves and are… — Bokar Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Care for us! True, indeed! They ne'er cared for us yet: suffer us to famish, and their storehouses crammed with grain; make… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
