Suffering Quotes

6116 Suffering quotes by 2923 unique authors

Chess holds its master in its own bonds, shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom of the very strongest must suffer. — Albert Einstein
If your opponent cannot do anything active, then don't rush the position; instead you should let him sit there, suffer, and beg you for a… — Jeremy Silman
People tend to care about dogs because they generally have more experience with dogs as companions; but other animals are as capable of suffering as… — Peter Singer
It may be thought justifiable to require tests on animals of potentially life-saving drugs, but the same kinds of tests are used for products like… — Peter Singer
Nations are born out of travail and suffering — Mahatma Gandhi
It would be nonsense to say that it was not in the interests of a stone to be kicked along the road...A stone has no… — Peter Singer
The statement "I am in pain" may be one piece of evidence for the conclusion that the speaker is in pain, but it is not… — Peter Singer
Sometimes animals may suffer more because of their more limited understanding. If, for instance, we are taking prisoners in wartime we can explain to them… — Peter Singer
...the proposed air force and army experiments were designed so that many animals would suffer and die without any certainty that this suffering and death… — Peter Singer
If animals are no longer quite outside the moral sphere, they are still in a special section near the outer rim. Their interests are allowed… — Peter Singer
No consideration at all is given to the interests of the "pests" - the very word "pest" seems to exclude any concern for the animals… — Peter Singer
To be well used, creatures and places must be used sympathetically, just as they must be known sympathetically to be well known...The "animal scientist" to… — Wendell Berry
Truth quenches untruth, love quenches anger, self-suffering quenches violence. This eternal rule is a rule not for saints only but for all. — Mahatma Gandhi
Non-violence and cowardice are contradictory terms. Non-violence is the greatest virtue, cowardice the greatest vice. Non-violence springs from love, cowardice from hate. Non-violence always suffers,… — Mahatma Gandhi
Real suffering bravely borne, melts even a heart of stone. Such is the potency of suffering. And there lies the key to Satyagraha. — Mahatma Gandhi
Mankind . . . possesses two supreme blessings. First of these is the goddess Demeter, or Earth whichever name you choose to call her by.… — Euripides
The only way love punishes in by suffering. — Mahatma Gandhi
The only negative thing about murder is that when you kills someone they can no longer suffer — Varg Vikernes
Like everyone else in the world, I've been devastated by the loss and suffering of so many in South Asia....As a mother, I cannot imagine… — Celine Dion
Our "life education" has not necessarily taught us a satisfying way to live. We suffer from a vague sense that there must be something more,… — Shakti Gawain
How can we give to the Lord? What shall we give to him? Every kind word to our own, every help given them, is as… — John Andreas Widtsoe
The taking of life is too absolute, too irreversible, for one human being to inflict on another, even when backed by legal process... Where the… — Ban Ki-moon
Because God knows, searches and clearly understands the minds, hearts, thoughts, and nature of all, his supreme kindness and clemency do not permit anyone at… — Pope Pius IX
The greatest good suffering can do for me is to increase my capacity for God. — Joni Eareckson Tada
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casteth out fear. Fear is a painful emotion that arises at the thought that we may… — Aiden Wilson Tozer

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