Suffering Quotes

6116 Suffering quotes by 2923 unique authors

We say, then, to anyone who is under trial, give Him time to steep the soul in His eternal truth. Go into the open air,… — Amy Carmichael
It is a sad thing when you hear Christians with a groan in them. When I meet the groaner, I say in my heart, "God,… — John G. Lake
If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ? — Thomas a Kempis
Do not, I beseech you be troubled by the increase of forces already in dissolution. You have mistake the hour of the night: it is… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections than those who are most content. — Bob Dylan
Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves. — Hubert H. Humphrey
If God seems to be in no hurry to make the problem of evil go away, maybe we shouldn't be, either. Maybe our compulsion to… — Robert Farrar Capon
As cold as everything looks in winter, the sun has not forsaken us. He has only drawn away for a little, for good reasons, one… — George MacDonald
The breaking of the alabaster box and the anointing of the Lord filled the house with the odor, with the sweetest odor. Everyone could smell… — Watchman Nee
I would much prefer to suffer from the clean incision of an honest lancet than from a sweetened poison. — Mark Twain
Rare is the man who suffers no remorse as he passes from the state of confidant to that of rival. — Honore de Balzac
Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer. — Teresa of Avila
Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is… — Teresa of Avila
Suffering is a great grace; through suffering the soul becomes like the Saviour; in suffering love becomes crystallised; the greater the suffering, the purer the… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that… — Vincent de Paul
All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best,… — Saint Francis de Sales
Often it is just lack of imagination that keeps a man from suffering very much. — Marcel Proust
"Dreamers and dreaming dead, lots of them from neither here nor there with no chance of getting home again, lost in place and time... — Janet Morris
What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember. — Seneca the Younger
When we will think deeply, then we will realize that enjoyment is short lasting and reality of it is suffering. — Bhakti Charu Swami
The worst tragedy is that this uncontrolled mind steals our consciousness away from Krishna and that is the beginning, the essence of all suffering. — Radhanath Swami
The flip side of happiness is suffering. — Radhanath Swami
The cause of so much suffering and pain and one of the impediments to our spiritual progress, is the conditioning of expecting things to go… — Radhanath Swami
If there is no enjoyment in this world, there would not be so much suffering. As suffering really is the frustration of our attempts to… — Radhanath Swami
We get sufferings in life so that we become sober and listen to Krishna's message. — Radhanath Swami

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