My guru said that when he suffers, it brings him closer to God. I have found this, too. — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
You have no idea what portrait painters suffer from the vanity of their sitters. — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
Neurosis is the suffering of a soul which has not discovered its meaning. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We must suffer in order to go to God. We forget this truth far too often. — Madeleine Sophie Barat Copy Share Image
“We only suffer when we judge, and we only judge when we’re afraid.” — Rachel Archelaus Copy Share Image
As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole. — Hamid Karzai Copy Share Image
“The absence of misery is the first stage of moksha (liberation). The absence of the body, everything else is the second state… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“ONE OF THE most pernicious effects of religion is that it tends to divorce morality from the reality of human and animal… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The work in Iraq is difficult and it is dangerous. Like most Americans, I see the images of violence and bloodshed. Every… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Without being aware of it, you take many things as being your identity: your body, your race, your beliefs, your thoughts. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
The most wonderful study of mankind is man. Relieving human suffering and diffusing universal knowledge is humanitarian. — Daniel D. Palmer Copy Share Image
“You will not know love if you do not know suffering, and you will never suffer if you have never loved.” — RJ Blizzard Copy Share Image
“Such words he utters, and sick with deep distress he feigns hope on his face, and keeps his anguish hidden deep in… — Virgil Copy Share Image
Look at the optimism of Nature. Nothing can stop it. Only the ego makes humans pessimistic, and this causes suffering. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct. Kindness, gentleness, long suffering, forbearance, patience, sympathy, a willingness to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We are allowed to suffer and allowed to observe the sufferings of others, which is sometimes even more difficult, so that we… — Serena Chase Copy Share Image
“[T]he young man or woman writing today has forgotten the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Some scientist needs to explain to spectators Einstein's relativity theory. Before his explanation, he says: 'I have to suffer a lot explaining… — Vassily Ivanchuk Copy Share Image
“It is the rub that polishes the jewel,” Enso Roshi says. “Nobody ever gets to nirvana without going through samsara. Nobody ever… — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
There is a sweet anguish springing up in our bosoms when a child's face brightens under the shadow of the waiting angel.… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
I believe there are few events in my life which have not happened to many; it is true the incidents of it… — Olaudah Equiano Copy Share Image
My generation didn't face the kind of urgent, pressing issues that my parents did, who fought through a war and a Depression… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
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