Suffering Quotes

6116 Suffering quotes by 2923 unique authors

Without out suffering, our work would just be social work, very good and helpful, but it would not be the work of Jesus Christ, not… — Mother Teresa
The afflicted are not listened to. They are like someone whose tongue has been cut out and who occasionally forgets the fact. When they move… — Simone Weil
To choose a hardship for ourselves is our only defense against that hardship. This is what is meant by accepting suffering. Those who, by their… — Cesare Pavese
Suffering is by no means a privilege, a sign of nobility, a reminder of God. Suffering is a fierce, bestial thing, commonplace, uncalled for, natural… — Cesare Pavese
A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea. — Jules Renard
It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades. — Susan Sontag
We live longer than our forefathers; but we suffer more from a thousand artificial anxieties and cares. They fatigued only the muscles, we exhaust the… — Edward George, Baron George
A man who suffers or stresses before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary — Seneca the Younger
As long as you are breathing, there is more right with you than there is wrong, no matter how ill or how hopeless you may… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. — Seneca the Elder
You and I, we are the Church, no? We have to share with our people. Suffering today is because people are hoarding, not giving, not… — Mother Teresa
A sigh is an amplifier for people who suffer in silence. — Robert Orben
Silence alone is great; all else is feebleness . . . Perform with all your heart your long and heavy task. . . . Then… — Alfred de Vigny
Heart-suffering because of sin is the best proof that the Holy Spirit dwells in your heart. — Johann Arndt
I deplore the horrible crime as child murder....no matter what the motive, love of ease, or desire to save from suffering the unborn innocent,the woman… — Susan B. Anthony
Slavery is no more sinful, by the Christian code, than it is sinful to wear a whole coat, while another is in tatters, to eat… — James F. Cooper
Slavery is so intolerable a condition that the slave can hardly escape deluding himself into thinking that he is choosing to obey his master's commands… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other reason so that you can… — Alexander the Great
It would have been more to the point, more honest and more Christian, in past decades not to support those who intentionally destroyed healthy life… — Adolf Hitler
The general that hearkens to my counsel and acts upon it, will conquer: let such a one be retained in command! The general that hearkens… — Sun Tzu
Suffering is not holding you. You are holding suffering. When you become good at the art of letting sufferings go, then you'll come to realize… — Rajneesh
All wars eventually act as boomerangs and the victor suffers as much as the vanquished. — Eleanor Roosevelt
I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure… — Louise Bogan
Now 'tis spring, and weeds are shallow-rooted; Suffer them now and they'll o'ergrow the garden. — William Shakespeare
You never suffer from a money problem, you always suffer from an idea problem. — Robert H. Schuller

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