Maria Edgeworth grumbled against vandals who ruined immortal works by quoting the life out of them. "How far our literature may in… — Willis Regier Copy Share Image
A man who finds himself among others is irritated because he does not know why he is not one of the others.… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I would call it agony but there is a kind of cyclic frustration. You get one story right and… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
They only the victory win, Who have fought the good fight and have vanquished the demon that tempts us within; Who have… — William Wetmore Story Copy Share Image
My Christian brethren, if the crowd of difficulties which stand between your souls and God succeed in keeping you away, all is… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
There is no art or science that is too difficult for industry to attain to; it is the gift of tongues, and… — Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon Copy Share Image
I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in the cause in which I am engaged, and my courage does not… — Sullivan Ballou Copy Share Image
Jesus is challenging that when addressing "who is your neighbor" and he has a lot of hard things to say about family,… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I knew as a young boy that addiction and alcoholism afflict people - good, loving people - in profound ways, and that… — Brian Lindstrom Copy Share Image
The working masses of men and women, they and they alone, are responsible for everything that takes place, the good things and… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
Just as a satisfaction of instinct spells happiness for us, so severe suffering is caused us if the external world lets us… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
In the Kingdom of Heaven, there is no grandeur to be won, inasmuch as there all is an established hierarchy, the unknown… — Alejo Carpentier Copy Share Image
“She did not look her best: so thin, so large-nosed, with that pink-and-white checked duster tied round her head. She felt her… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
We aren't suggesting that mental instability or unhappiness makes one a better poet, or a poet at all; and contrary to the… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
Surrender all thought, emotion, and circumstance to that which is bigger and deeper. Surrender your identity. Surrender your suffering to that which… — Gangaji Copy Share Image
The difference between shallow happiness and a deep, sustaining joy is sorrow. Happiness lives where sorrow is not. When sorrow arrives, happiness… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I suppose the most radical part of my teaching at present is that love is not a feeling. Everybody suffers from love,… — Barry Long Copy Share Image
He is not far off; He is there, very close. He is looking at us, and He is begging this sorrow, this… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
“It is good thing to learn the truth one's self. To first believe with all your heart, and then not to believe,… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
Oh, give our frightened souls the sure salvation for which, O Lord, You taught us to prepare. And when this cup You… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I would also hope that readers receive a larger understanding, or a different understanding, of what it means to be human, than… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
You have to go through cycles of extreme poverty and suffering for a while; they are used to that...They get up early,… — Keith Brantly Copy Share Image
Within the framework of the Buddhist Path, reflecting on suffering has tremendous importance because -realizing the nature of suffering, you will develop… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The sorest afflictions never appear intolerable, but when we see them in the wrong light; when we see them in the hand… — Brother Lawrence Copy Share Image
Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you, she said. It immunized… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
He who cannot find time to consult his Bible will one day find he has time to be sick; he who has… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
“There’s often a reason why people and dogs bite. It’s about self-protection. If we respect what we may not know about the… — Jennifer Skiff Copy Share Image
“In a case like this, the thing is (in my own opinion) to draw back upon oneself, and not to strive after… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
At the risk, then, of being shunned by some of my gloomier peers, I venture to tell you that writers work like… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
Whoever is truly humbled — will not be easily angry, nor harsh or critical of others. He will be compassionate and tender… — John Newton Copy Share Image
It is not God's way that great blessings should descend without the sacrifice first of great sufferings. If the truth is to… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
“Finally, it is wrong to say that "nothing" is more basic to the identity of the church than suffering. Nothing is more… — Keith A. Mathison Copy Share Image
Debt, grinding debt, whose iron face the widow, the orphan, and the sons of genius fear and hate; debt, which consumes so… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Do I have to do everything myself?" The cry was a soul-freezing mixture of rage and torment. "Ain’t there no one to… — Walter Kaylin Copy Share Image
Profound as race prejudice is against the Negro American, it is not practically as far-reaching as the prejudice against women. For stripping… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“Regurgitating stories of suffering seems to be part of the process to access any kind of support, whether it be a bursary,… — Pear Nuallak Copy Share Image
Almost every time I am in a lectureship on a college campus, young people will say, If there is a God and… — John Clayton Copy Share Image
“And the self concern which is our torment, whether we know it or not, must find an antidote when we let our… — Julie Summers Copy Share Image
“The Buddha said that suffering was caused by desire, we'd learned, and that the cessation of desire meant the cessation of suffering.… — John Green Copy Share Image
I am very happy, Jane; and when you hear that I am dead, you must be sure and not grieve: there is… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
