Suffering Quotes

6116 Suffering quotes by 2923 unique authors

The sciences have sworn among themselves an inviolable partnership; it is almost impossible to separate them, for they would rather suffer than be torn apart;… — Marin Mersenne
Doctors have been exposed-you always will be exposed-to the attacks of those persons who consider their own undisciplined emotions more important than the world's most… — Rudyard Kipling
We cannot step aside and say that we have achieved our goal by inventing a new drug or a new way by which to treat… — George W. Bush
Once, when a religionist denounced me in unmeasured terms, I sent him a card saying, "I am sure you believe that I will go to… — Isaac Asimov
Now, if anything at all can be known to be wrong, it seems to me to be unshakably certain that it would be wrong to… — Antony Flew
When we endure our own tragedies or trials, most of us develop some empathy and compassion for others who are suffering. The trick is to… — William Hudson O'Hanlon
Love is the first ingredient in the relief of suffering. — Pio of Pietrelcina
The fates have a way of demanding of a man that he suffer his greatest moments all by himself; being lone seems as often attendant… — Murray Kempton
Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches. — St. Catherine of Siena
What is the source of our first suffering? It lies in the fact that we hesitated to speak. It was born in the moment when… — Gaston Bachelard
Happiness begins with impeccability of the word. The way to measure the impeccability of my word is to ask, "Am I happy or am I… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
If you suffer it is because of you, if you feel blissful it is because of you. Nobody else is responsible - only you and… — Rajneesh
cruelty to animals is contrary to man's duty to himself, because it deadens in him the feeling of sympathy for their sufferings, and thus a… — Immanuel Kant
Becoming a vegetarian is not merely a symbolic gesture. Nor is it an attempt to isolate oneself from the ugly realities of the world, to… — Peter Singer
[S]uppose the mind of [a] friend of humanity were clouded over with his own grief, extinguishing all sympathetic participation in the fate of others; he… — Immanuel Kant
You have to go through cycles of extreme poverty and suffering for a while; they are used to that...They get up early, run hard, rest… — Keith Brantly
What makes a great endurance athlete is the ability to absorb potential embarrassment, and to suffer without complaint. — Lance Armstrong
In his (Christ's) surrender on the cross all the pain and agony of mankind was concentrated at a single point, and passed through from death… — Bede Griffiths
Everything that is thought and expressed in words is one-sided, only half the truth; it all lacks totality, completeness, unity. When the Illustrious Buddha taught… — Hermann Hesse
Our intentions - noticed or unnoticed, gross or subtle contribute either to our suffering or to our happiness. Intentions are sometimes called seeds. The garden… — Gil Fronsdal
Some spiritual traditions view the moment of birth as a passage from a state of wholeness and knowledge to a state of forgetting. In this… — Bernie Siegel
Strength is a capacity for endurance. One of the dividends of suffering is the universal discovery the we posses a strength within us we never… — Dennis Wholey
You are me, and I am you. Isn't it obvious that we "inter-are"? You cultivate the flower in yourself, so that I will be beautiful.… — Nhat Hanh
I am a great artist and I know it. It's because I am that I have endured such sufferings. — Paul Gauguin
We shall suffer no attachment to literature, no taste for abstract discussion, no love of purely intellectual theories, to seduce us from our devotion to… — George Ripley

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