It is unlikely that many people will take to heart the conclusion that coming into existence is always a harm. It is… — David Benatar Copy Share Image
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I see depression as an exponentially developed version of a human condition. Meaning I always think in the end it's humanizing. People… — Daphne Merkin Copy Share Image
Her face is puffy and red, while painful tears stream down her sad face. She cries out loudly, hoping someone will hear… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At this very moment, I am suffering—as we say in French, j’ai mal. This event, crucial for me, is nonexistent, even inconceivable… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Neither the inveterateness of the mischief, nor the prevalency of the fashion, shall be any excuse for those who will not take… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“God’s ways may seem strange to us, but his ways do not have to live up to our standards or our analysis.… — Jennifer Rothschild Copy Share Image
The problem is whether we are determined to go in the direction of compassion or not. If we are, then can we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Learning is to discover that something is possible. We are using most of our energies for self-destructiv e games, self-preventing games. We… — Frederick Salomon Perls Copy Share Image
The moral of it is this: If you are of any account, stay at home and make your way by faithful diligence;… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
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Don't drive drunk. Ever. Don't shag anyone you don't like, or who doesn't like you. Get a look at how people live… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The key figure in the Christian faith involves a story of suffering so that others do well. You're only going to get… — Anthony B Pinn Copy Share Image
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I believe He wants us to love others so much that we go to extremes to help them. I believe He wants… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
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Ending torture and tyranny in Iraq was not a mistake. Supporting democracy in Iraq is not a mistake. Helping the long-suffering Muslims… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
Persecution has come upon us, right honorable brethren, and persecution in the severest form. Shepherds are persecuted that their flocks may be… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
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Suffering always prompts heart-wrenching questions: if God is good, why would He allow this pain in my life? Is God truly sovereign… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
“What would happen if a man's face could adequately express his suffering, if his entire inner agony would be objectified in his… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
And there's always soma to calm your anger, to reconcile you to your enemies, to make you patient and long-suffering. In the… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Anyone familiar with the numerous accounts of the Buddha's extraordinary compassion and reverence for living beings - for example his insistence that… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share Image
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“the fourth obstacle: the fear of realizing the dream for which we fought all our lives. Oscar Wilde said: “Each man kills… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
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God heals the sicknesses and the griefs by making the sicknesses and the griefs his suffering and his grief. In the image… — Jürgen Moltmann Copy Share Image
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You guys are always going off about how much money you have. Do you realize what's going on in this world right… — Asher Roth Copy Share Image
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