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
“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 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
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
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
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
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
The Cross is not simply a lovely example of sacrificial love. Throwing your life away needlessly is not admirable — it is… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The Noble Eight-Fold Path is the path of living in awareness. Mindfulness is the foundation. By practicing mindfulness, you can develop concentration,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Hatred, jealousy and excessive attachment cause suffering and agitation. I feel compassion can help us overcome these disturbances and let us return… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It turns out that justices are also God’s children; and being of this world, their makeup consists of actual flesh and blood.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Wherever suffering raised its ugly head, these angels of compassion could be found—in a home, in a relationship, or when mankind decided… — Don Bradley Copy Share Image
Being a philosopher is to think, seek wisdom, and have principles that guide and influence what you do. It's to give meaning… — Andrea Pirlo Copy Share Image
The readiest way which God takes to draw a man to himself is, to afflict him in that he loves most, and… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Snobs are people who look down on other people, but that does not justify our looking down on them. Who can say… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
We are in front of a global scandal of around one billion - one billion people who still suffer from hunger today.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Admiral Nelson won the great Battle of Trafalgar against the French during the Napoleonic Wars. The Viscount of Camperdown, who also won… — J. Ligon Duncan III Copy Share Image
When we want a cup of tea our main wish is to drink tea, but to fulfill this wish we naturally develop… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
“As soon as you are filled with awareness, the first thing that will happen is you will begin to see misery, the… — Osho Copy Share Image
“That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“For the first time the Doctor felt, now, that his suffering was strength and power. For the first time he felt that… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I've always loved the blues, ever since I was a kid. It has a depth to it that a lot of contemporary… — Nickolas Ashford Copy Share Image
“If God loves the world, might that not be proved in my own love for it? I prayed to know in my… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“Most of the Times, Life shows us how difficult this journey is, only at Times when the sun clears we see the… — Debatrayee Banerjee Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about my disorders for people like my husband or mother who don't suffer but have saved people. Mentally… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
There is a curious comfort in letting go. After the agony, letting go brings numbness, and after the numbness, clarity. As if… — Julie Berry Copy Share Image
There's a certain status to suffering in Ireland, that the person who - if you're sitting around a table, the person with… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
The suffering of sickness and the suffering of persecution have this in common: they are both intended by Satan for the destruction… — John Piper Copy Share Image
I suffer whenever I see that common sight of a parent or senior imposing his opinion and way of thinking and being… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Believing there is no God means the suffering I've seen in my family and indeed all the suffering in the world isn't… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Just after I dedicated my life to service, I felt that I could no longer accept more than I need while others… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
I can't stand the idea of a veteran risking her or his life for this country, suffering the wounds of battle, and… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
Effort and pain may not be avoided. Physical and psychological breakdowns occur. The support of a like-minded group, dedicated to The Art… — Mark Twight Copy Share Image
As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide Copy Share Image
I think health care is more about love than about most other things. If there isn't at the core of this two… — Donald Berwick Copy Share Image
Men had taken greater blows: that was what made a man a man. For did they not say that a man is… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
(The real brahmin is the one who:) ... has crossed beyond duality ...knows no this shore, other shore, or both ...(is) settled… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Christianity operates under the “malevolent universe” premise, which holds that humans are destined to a life of pain and suffering because pain… — Al Stefanelli Copy Share Image
The future is our responsibility, but change will not take place until the majority loose confidence in their dictator’s and elected officials’… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
“All of us have had this experience. At some point, we have each said through our tears, “I’m suffering for a love… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
