Inflicted Quotes

202 Inflicted quotes by 179 unique authors

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are… — Fannie Lou Hamer
It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned… — Arthur Helps
When we're dealing with the people in our family - no matter how annoying or gross they may be, no matter how self-inflicted their suffering… — Anne Lamott
I have these accidents, these mistakes, these self-inflicted wounds, and then I tear my head to shreds about it for days. — John Mayer
The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. — Ludwig von Mises
Who has suffered? The families of the dead, no doubt. But a greater loss was inflicted on Pakistan because, as I said, we lost the… — Pervez Musharraf
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason. — Novalis
Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another. — Arthur Schopenhauer
I was on cruise control from '85 to '95, and it was my fault. There were a lot of self-inflicted wounds, when I was not… — Sylvester Stallone
Dogmas are collective conceptual prisons. And the strange thing is that people love their prison cells because they give them a sense of security and… — Eckhart Tolle
Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet,… — Marianne Williamson
To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else. — David A. Bednar
You will notice that what we are aiming at when we fall in love is a very strange paradox. The paradox consists of the fact… — Woody Allen
We rightly scorn those who have no made use of their defects, who have not exploited their deficiencies, and have not been enriched by their… — Emile M. Cioran
There are no more barriers to cross. All I have in common with the uncontrollable and the insane, the vicious and the evil, all the… — Bret Easton Ellis
If there are words and wrongs like knives, whose deep inflicted lacerations never heal - cutting injuries and insults of serrated and poison-dripping edge -… — Charlotte Bronte
One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Much of the damage inflicted on land… — Aldo Leopold
Something in the heart of most human beings simply cannot abide pain inflicted on the innocent, especially children. Even broken men serving in the worst… — William P. Young
Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not… — Dalai Lama
But there are times when a tree can no longer withstand the pain inflicted on it, and the wind will take pity on that tree… — Julius Lester
Man is capable of greatness, love, nobility, compassion. Yet never forget that his capacity for evil is infinite. It is a sad truth, boy, that… — David Gemmell
So, what, you got cigarette burns, too?" Gitanes said. Chip showed his palm, "It's nothing." "Self-inflicted. You pathetic American." "Different kind of prison" Chip said. — Jonathan Franzen
Only reckless confidence in a Source greater than ourselves can empower us to forgive the woulds inflicted by others. — Brennan Manning
I am talking about ultimate deceit. I am talking about unparalleled treachery. Bottomless lies. Depths that are seen that are previously unimaginable. Darkness and shattering… — Henry Rollins

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