Theophilus Crowe's mobile phone played eight bars of "Tangled Up in Blue" in an irritating electronic voice that sounded like a choir… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
“Vielleicht, daß ich durch schwere Berge gehe in harten Adern, wie ein Erz allein; und bin so tief, daß ich kein Ende… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Nothing is so important to man as his own state; nothing is so formidable to him as eternity. And thus it is… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
I hate school at that time. Now, little did I know that actually if I had stayed in school I would've actually… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
It's not natural to have to suffer when we work. We're made to be productive, and yet the world we live in,… — Benjamin E. Sasse Copy Share Image
The best treatment for feet encased in shoes all day is to go barefoot. One-fifth of the world's population never wears shoes… — Stephanie Tourles Copy Share Image
If you happen to live in Korea, you might always suffer from anger towards people in power, because of political and social… — Kim Hyesoon Copy Share Image
Passion means suffering and compassion means suffering together. Suffering produces perseverance and perseverance produces character and character produces hope. And that lifts… — Lacey Mosley Copy Share Image
Passion is what makes life interesting, what ignites our soul, fuels our love and carries our friendships, stimulates our intellect, and pushes… — Pat Tillman Copy Share Image
About 2500 years ago Aeschylus, the Greek playwright, wrote, He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep, pain that cannot… — Gioconda Belli Copy Share Image
It’s so easy to think that we’re the only ones who suffer, while other people are somehow immune to pain, as though… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
When you know that somebody lost their loved one as a result of a decision that I made, that's a tough moment.… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I would say that the thrust of my life has been initially about getting free, and then realizing that my freedom is… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Therefore 'Christ hath tasted death for every man:' not only for all kinds of men, as some vainly talk, but for every… — Robert Barclay Copy Share Image
If you have done something meritorious, you experience pleasure and happiness; if wrong things, suffering. A happy or unhappy life is your… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes we are tempted to be that kind of Christian who keeps the Lord’s wounds at arm’s length. Yet Jesus wants us… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The states of birth, suffering, love, and death, are extreme states: extreme, universal, and inescapable. We all know this, but we would… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“So long as the spectator has to figure out the meaning of this or that person, or the presuppositions of this or… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Let no one be ashamed of the cross by which Christ has redeemed the world. None of us must be afraid to… — Pope Leo I Copy Share Image
Evil is neither suffering nor sin; it is both at the same time, it is something common to them both. For they… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
I live making comics. Comics is an industrial art but less suffering, because comics are for young people who are more adventurous.… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
“We live this life, full of agony, despair,and pain. Living day by day, having no clue of what will happen, after a… — Junior Isaac Copy Share Image
The time has come when we cannot be so careless. Unless we do better, we may suffer through a stark emergency of… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Of all the featherless beasts, only man, chained by his self-imposed slavery to the clock, denies the elemental fire and proceeds as… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
To have a body is to suffer. Does anyone with a body know peace? Those who understand this detach themselves from all… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
Rabbi Kushner writes from a wealth of Jewish wisdom and pastoral devotion, but his theology is, I find, is wholly in keeping… — Gerald Priestland Copy Share Image
The blindness of bigotry, the madness of ambition, and the miscalculations of diplomacy seek their victims principally amongst the innocent and the… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“On Good Friday last year the SS found some pretext to punish 60 priests with an hour on "the tree." That is… — Jean Bernard Copy Share Image
The teaching on karma starts with the principle that people experience happiness and sorrow based on a combination of their past and… — Thanissaro Bhikkhu Copy Share Image
Animal rights can be as extreme as not riding a horse, or not wearing leather, not having a pet at all. Animal… — Eric Goode Copy Share Image
It is difficult to conceive any situation more painful than to watch the lingering agony of an exhausted country, to tend it… — Zachary Macaulay Copy Share Image
I used to take that God's-eye view as a comfort when I was a child. I'd think, "Well, we couldn't find the… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
The capacity for love that makes dogs such rewarding companions has a flip-side: They find it difficult to cope without us. Since… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“We want the people around us to show us a satisfactory measure of genuine empathy, but no one has any idea what… — Russ Ramsey Copy Share Image
“I once saw many flowers blooming Upon my way, in indolence I scorned to pick them in my going And passed in… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
“«If you'll choose to help your love, you'll sow death and suffering among the people with whom you live. You will be… — Chiara Cilli Copy Share Image
“Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: "You can't deceive me. I know your habits, foresee… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind.… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I waved my hand in front of my face, obi-wan style. "I am not here." Niall's mucas glands kicked into overdrive. "Eoin's… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
The true task of spiritual life is not found in faraway places or unusual states of consciousness. It is here in the… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
