Sufferer Quotes

70 quotes by 56 authors

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer. — Aeschylus
Suffering is by no means a privilege, a sign of nobility, a reminder of God. Suffering is a fierce, bestial thing, commonplace, uncalled for, natural… — Cesare Pavese
War...is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer. — Thomas Jefferson
There are confessable agonies, sufferings of which one can positively be proud. Of bereavement, of parting, of the sense of sin and the fear of… — Aldous Huxley
One unconsciously takes it for granted that doer and sufferer think and feel alike, and according to this supposition we measure the guilt of the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing; it is almost a miracle; it is a miracle.… — Simone Weil
A misery is not to be measure from the nature of the evil but from the temper of the sufferer. — Joseph Addison
One correspondent, who is into psychology, notes that in his experience people who are hoplophobes are nearly always nutty in other ways, too. Hoplophobia [fear… — Jeff Cooper
I love peace, and am anxious that we should give the world still another useful lesson, by showing to them other modes of punishing injuries… — Thomas Jefferson
In early times some sufferer had to sit up with a toothache, and he put in the time inventing the German language. — Mark Twain
Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent is the way of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. Regret calamities, if you can thereby… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Kindness is the visible expression of a feeling and merciful heart; it is the going forth of a tender and susceptible mind; it claims kindred… — John Angell James
The best people often have terrible lives. Job is one example, and Jesusâ€”the ultimate â€˜Job,â€™ the only truly, fully innocent sufferer â€” is another. — Timothy Keller
Let us pass to the despotic part of the soul, spirit. We must not eliminate it utterly from the youth nor yet allow Â him… — Saint John Chrysostom
On 'Sufferer,' I'm talking about the younger generation that has no other option for success than to find a gun somewhere. I try to appeal… — Sean Paul
I have, by Godâ€™s grace, learned as a member of the Christian community what is the nature of Godâ€™s mercy, which does not leave me… — Rowan Williams
Personal finances are like peopleâ€™s personal health, crucial and tragic to the sufferer but tedious to the listener. — Thomas Keneally
What honest man would not rather be the sufferer than the defrauder? — Samuel Richardson
Itâ€™s not the body that people love, but the soul. The body is a temporary vehicle. Without the soul, the body is like a car… — Radhanath Swami
...we cannot stand idly by now, as the Nation is urged to embark on an ill-conceived adventure in government medicine, the end of which no… — Durward Gorham Hall

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