Our Suffering Quotes

70 Our Suffering quotes by 63 unique authors

We need the compassion and the courage to change the conditions that support our suffering. Those conditions are things like ignorance, bitterness, negligence, clinging, and… — Sharon Salzberg
We are closest to Christ when sharing the worldâ€™s misery. Think you Jesus came to remove our pains? Wherever did you get that notion? The… — Stephen R. Lawhead
We are, all of us, crippled and twisted. Most of us strive desperately to keep our grotesqueries out of sight and mind. Our suffering is… — Keith Ablow
Books may not change our suffering, books may not protect us from evil, books may not tell us what is good or what is beautiful,… — Alberto Manguel
Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False… — Paulo Coelho
To be shocked at how deeply rejection hurts is to ignore what acceptance involves. We must never allow our suffering to be compounded by suggestions… — Arthur Schopenhauer
We are the offspring of history, and must establish our own paths in this most diverse and interesting of conceivable universesâ€”one indifferent to our suffering,… — Stephen Jay Gould
I wanted to cry but I didn't, I probably should have cried, I should have drowned us there in the room ending our suffering. — Jonathan Safran Foer
I don't want the words to be naked the way they are in faxes or in the computer. I want them to be covered by… — Siri Hustvedt
Above all we must not wish to cling to our suffering. Suffering surely deepens us and enhances our person, but we must not desire to… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering. — Tom Waits
Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us but need not scar us for life. It does… — Bell Hooks
That which should distinguish the suffering of believers from unbelievers is the confidence that our suffering is under the control of an all-powerful and all-loving… — Jerry Bridges
Stories are the only enchantment possible, for when we begin to see our suffering as a story, we are saved. — Anais Nin
Most of our suffering comes from sin and stupidity; it is, nevertheless, very real, and growth can occur with real repentance. But the highest source… — Neal A. Maxwell
I think that it is a part of growing up, learning to control our suffering. I think that when we grow up, and learn that… — Gregory David Roberts
At some point, we have each said through our tears, â€œIâ€™m suffering for a love thatâ€™s not worth it.â€ We suffer because we feel we… — Paulo Coelho
Our identity is not in our joy, and our identity is not in our suffering. Our identity is in Christ, whether we have joy or… — Mark Driscoll
The Laws of Reasoning consist of the ground, the path, and the result. ...Suffering is in the mind. How we perceive happiness determines our suffering… — Dalai Lama
In contrast, compassion manifests in us as the offering of kindness rather than withdrawal. Because compassion is a state of mind that is itself open,… — Sharon Salzberg

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