Inflicts Quotes

49 quotes by 39 authors

Because we don't see the evil destroyed now and thus experience the suffering that evil inevitably inflicts, we are tempted to doubt God's existence and… — William A. Dembski
Mercy often inflicts death. — Seneca the Younger
Is suffering so very serious? ...I'm referring to the kind of suffering a man inflicts on a woman or a woman on a man. It's… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Who can attain to anything great if he does not feel in himself the force and will to inflict great pain? The ability to suffer… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The disease which inflicts bureaucracy and what they usually die from is routine. — John Stuart Mill
Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing… — Mark Twain
...what I enjoy in a narrative is not directly its content or even its structure, but rather the abrasions I impose upon the fine surface:… — Roland Barthes
I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't...The pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting… — Mark Twain
If you participate in life, you donâ€™t see it clearly: you suffer from it too much or enjoy it too much. The artist, to my… — Gustave Flaubert
Latent in every man is a venom of amazing bitterness, a black resentment; something that curses and loathes life, a feeling of being trapped, of… — Paul Valery
Pain is the feeling. Suffering is the effect the pain inflicts. If one can endure pain, one can live without suffering. If one can withstand… — James Frey
Death is to be feared because of the pain and loss it inflicts through love, and for no other reason. — K.J. Parker
Indeed, religion allows people to imagine that their concerns are moral when they are highly immoral - that is, when pressing these concerns inflicts unnecessary… — Sam Harris
You do not have to be alone. The world never inflicts loneliness upon us. That is something we choose or reject by ourselves. — Darren Shan
The only education in grief that any of us ever gets is a crash course. Until Caroline had died I had belonged to that other… — Gail Caldwell
It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. Heaven is by favor;… — Mark Twain
God is not interested in what you think you should be or feel. He is not interested in the narrative you construct for yourself, or… — Tullian Tchividjian
Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made… — Mark Twain
The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage. — Thucydides
As a free-speech advocate, I believe that adults should have access to any material they want. As a parent, and a community member, I think… — Naomi Wolf

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