Suffering Quotes

6116 Suffering quotes by 2923 unique authors

The Ventoux is a god of Evil, to which sacrifices must be made. It never forgives weakness and extracts an unfair tribute of suffering. — Roland Barthes
Has it occurred to you that transmigration is at once an explanation and a justification of the evil of the world? If the evils we… — W. Somerset Maugham
When the guy says go, you start to suffer - or you might as well not be out there. It's a small piece of your… — Unknown Author
The perspective that many today are beginning to see as fully realistic is that democracy in our country, and in our part of the world,… — Torbjorn Tannsjo
No man ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation, as is done in popedom; but if a cross or tribulation come… — Martin Luther
We are talking about an awesome power. It is the power to weave illusions that appear real as long as they last. That is the… — Ron Paul
Socialist thought owes its appeal to the young largely to its visionary character; the very courage to indulge in Utopian thought is in this respect… — Friedrich August von Hayek
We are close to a time when all of humankind will envision a global agenda that encompasses a kind of Global Marshall Plan to address… — Al Gore
And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our borders; nor… — Barack Obama
We must make democracy the popular creed...If we should fail to do this, our people are bound to suffer... That is what my father said.… — Aung San Suu Kyi
In some cases, in order to protect global issues some sacrifice for national interest is worth it in the long run. Global warming, these things,… — Dalai Lama
The cost in human lives and suffering is so high that we all have to work to end violence and oppression once and for all.… — Federico Mayor Zaragoza
No matter what part of the world we come from, we are all basically the same human beings. We all seek happiness and try to… — Dalai Lama
We have to all shoulder the responsibility for keeping the planet habitable, or we're going to suffer the consequences - together. — Barack Obama
First, climate change is the greatest long-term threat faced by humanity. It could cause more human and financial suffering than the two world wars and… — David Miliband
Climate change will affect the basic elements of life for people around the world - access to water, food production, health, and the environment. Hundreds… — Nicholas Stern
There are three things men can do with women: love them, suffer for them, or turn them into literature. — Stephen Stills
The human population can no longer be allowed to grow in the same old uncontrollable way. If we do not take charge of our population… — David Attenborough
It seems that we have been born only to consume and to consume, and when we can no longer consume, we have a feeling of… — Jose Mujica
The fires of suffering become the light of consciousness. — Eckhart Tolle
Too often the result of affirmative action has been an artificial diversity that gives the appearance of parity between blacks and whites that has not… — Shelby Steele
When public access to voting is impaired or when public confidence in voting is diluted, democracy suffers and our freedom is less secure. — DeForest Soaries
In our day the feeling of patriotism is an unnatural, irrational, and harmful feeling, and a cause of a great part of the ills from… — Leo Tolstoy
What is hell?...The suffering that comes from the consciousness that one is no longer able to love. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Government should stand behind its currency and credit and the bank deposits of the nation. No individual should suffer a loss of money through depreciation… — Abraham Lincoln

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