When we're dealing with the people in our family - no matter how annoying or gross they may be, no matter how… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
There is simply too much unnecessary suffering in our world. And we should see that as a national security risk, by the… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“The stillness was so profound that he heard a little animal twittering somewhere near by under the snow. It made a small… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
When an honest writer discovers an imposition it is his simple duty to strip it bare and hurl it down from its… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
In an extensive reading of recent books by psychologists, psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, and inspirationalists, I have discovered that they all suffer from one… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
There is no true joy in a life lived closed up in the little shell of the self. When you take one… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
“Master Nathaniel looked at him. The fixed stare, the slightly-open mouth, the rigid motionless body, fettered by a misery too profound for… — Hope Mirrlees Copy Share Image
“His hatred for all was so intense that it should extinguish the very love from which it was conceived. And thus, he… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
... the next war will be a war in which people not armies will suffer, and our boasted, hard-earned civilization will do… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“This man suffered too much. He hated all this, and somehow he couldn't get away. When I had a chance I begged… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Every single unfortunate thing that happens, including, for instance, the murder of my parents, I am responsible for. I am responsible for… — Patrick Duffy Copy Share Image
We profoundly regret the suffering this has caused our fans, our business partners and the thousands of people who depend on our… — Gary Bettman Copy Share Image
“I was slowly forgetting the power of suffering, and while suffering isn’t necessary for redemption, it is true that suffering makes us… — Unathi Magubeni Copy Share Image
Work is the source of nearly all the misery in the world. Almost any evil you'd care to name comes from working… — Bob Black Copy Share Image
“If I tried to describe what it’s like to be nonverbal in the World of the Verbal in a single word, I’d… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
A mother experiences more than one death, even though she herself will only die once. She fears for her husband; she fears… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Elections, for their part, are typically popularity contests rather than measures of candidates' relative competency or effectiveness. Imagine if scientific truth were… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
Viktor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor and the author of Man's Search for Meaning, wrote that human beings create meaning in three ways:… — Eric Greitens Copy Share Image
Hope has a thick skin and will endure many a blow; it will put on patience as a vestment and will endure… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
“But soon," he cried, with sad and solemn enthusiasm, "I shall die, and what I now feel be no longer felt. Soon… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
There is going to come a day when everyone here is going to need keen observation and wit to ridicule George W.… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Job 29 is about Job reflecting on his past before the calamity hit him to say this is the type of man… — Eric Ludy Copy Share Image
I think evil is our collective shadow. Each one of us has a tendency for the diabolical. If I put you in… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Mining created Chile. The story of men who go down into the mountain and chip away at minerals in the darkness and… — Ariel Dorfman Copy Share Image
When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, 'Oh, that sound's bothering me.' If we see it like this,… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
“Everyone experiences pain and most suffer from patterns that continue to make life miserable unless something or someone intervenes. The pain we… — Michael Meade Copy Share Image
“Now if God had answered job in the way that we would expect, with soothing explanations and comforting reassurances, then the answer… — Fleming Rutledge Copy Share Image
I have given up the ambition to be a great scholar. I want to be more- simply a human. . . .… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
We can either see our circumstances as a set of random cruelties and then allow those hardships to turn us into bitter… — Amy Purdy Copy Share Image
Yet even the rich have their own kind of suffering, anxiety, doubt, and fear. So in many cases, wealthy people aren't happy!… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Work without interest is imprisonment. Even if you aren't super-passionate about your work, you've got to at least be interested in it.… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
To our betters eve can reconcile ourselves, if you please--respecting them sincerely, laughing at their jokes, making allowance for their stupidities, meekly… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
What am I to do with you?" Redd asked. "M-maybe you could-" Jack began. The Cat raised a paw. "I know." "It… — Frank Beddor Copy Share Image
We are always in awe of what the donors have done in terms of providing of themselves to the recipients. It really… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
We have become terribly vulnerable, not because we suffer but because we have separated ourselves from each other. A patient once told… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
All true competitors in any field and walk of life take adversity and are strengthened from it. They develop a reputation of… — Luke Jensen Copy Share Image
“(Talking about the movement to deny the prevalence and effects of adult sexual exploitation of children) So what does this movement consist… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
Not many people realize this, but I'm a really squeamish guy. When I watch other horror films that are really over-the-top with… — James Wan Copy Share Image
The calls that I have received from President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the fact that there are other people that are… — Ted Olson Copy Share Image
“If you feel anxiety or depression, you are not in the present. You are either anxiously projecting the future or depressed and… — Tobe Hanson Copy Share Image
