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Suffering Quotes by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
- Life is fragile, like the dew hanging delicately on the grass, crystal drops that will be carried away on the first morning breeze.
- Like a robe wears out over time and turns to rags, life wears out from day to day, from second to second.
- Do not encumber your mind with useless thoughts. What good does it do to brood on the past or anticipate the future? Remain in the…
- If one were truly aware of the value of human life, to waste it blithely on distractions and the pursuit of vulgar ambitions would be…
- On the day that you were born, you began to die. Do not waste a single moment more!
- To expect happiness without giving up negative action is like holding your hand in a fire and hoping not to be burned. Of course, no…
- May the suffering of all beings be pacified.
More Suffering Quotes
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering. — Karen Armstrong
- When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because… — Chinua Achebe
- I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours… — David Attenborough
- If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe,… — Saint Augustine
- God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine
- God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. — Saint Augustine
- One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. — Jane Austen
- Pain is never permanent. — Teresa of Avila
- Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds. — Teresa of Avila