Suffering Quotes

6116 Suffering quotes by 2923 unique authors

Prayer is not a substitute for work, thinking, watching, suffering, or giving; prayer is a support for all other efforts. — George Arthur Buttrick
Suffering, if it is accepted together, borne together, is joy. — Mother Teresa
There is only one effective antidote for mental suffering and that is physical pain. — Karl Marx
There is not much sense in suffering, since drugs can be given for pain, itching, and other discomforts. The belief has long died that suffering… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter.… — Samuel Adams
Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals' suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote. — Paul Harvey
I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Depression is a prison where you are both the suffering prisoner and the cruel jailer. — Dorothy Rowe
Our evenings are farewells. Our parties are testaments. So that the secret stream of suffering. May warm the cold of life. — Boris Pasternak
To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none. — Francis Bacon
On some nights, he has nowhere to sleep, on others he suffers from insomnia. "That's just how it is," thinks the warrior. "I was the… — Paulo Coelho
The only time we suffer is when we believe a thought that argues with what is. When the mind is perfectly clear, what is is… — Byron Katie
When a man has fulfilled all four of these requisites-to be wide awake, to have fear, respect, and absolute assurance-there are no mistakes for which… — Carlos Castaneda
Do you want to be right more than you want to know the truth? It's the truth that set me free. Acceptance, peace, and less… — Byron Katie
Whoever prefers life to death, happiness to suffering, well-being to misery must defend without compromise private ownership in the means of production. — Ludwig von Mises
We suffer most when the White House busts with ideas. — H. L. Mencken
Suffering is given to you that you might open your eyes to the truth. — Anthony de Mello
Do you want a sign that you're asleep? Here it is: you're suffering. Suffering is a sign that you're out of touch with the truth.… — Anthony de Mello
Knowledge is like a knife. In the hands of a well-balanced adult it is an instrument for good of inestimable value; but in the hands… — Leo Baekeland
Nothing tends so much to the corruption of science as to suffer it to stagnate; these waters must be troubled before they can exert their… — Edmund Burke
In the following pages I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense; and have no other preliminaries to settle with the… — Thomas Paine
He that stands still and suffers his enemies to double blows upon him without resistance, will undoubtedly be conquered in the issue. — John Owen
There, poor sinner, take my garment, and put it on; you shall stand before God as if you were Christ, and I will stand before… — Charles Spurgeon
...but let it suffice us to know that it became God, who is the supreme Ruler, Governor and Judge of all that sin should be… — John Owen
My vision for the future? Two things: to make credit a human right so that each individual human being will have the opportunity to take… — Muhammad Yunus

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