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Suffering Quotes by Peter Kreeft
- If you love, you will suffer. The only way to protect yourself against suffering is to protect yourself against love - and that is the…
- A God who did not abolish suffering-worse , a God who abolished sin precisely by suffering-is a scandal to the modern mind.
- The greatest Christians in history seem to say that their sufferings ended up bringing them the closest to God - so this is the best…
- Kindness-mere kindness-cannot tolerate suffering. Love can.
- True love, unlike popular sentimental substitutes, is willing to suffer. Love is not "luv." Love is the cross. Our problem at first, the sheer problem…
- How you approach the problem of suffering depends on how you approach life itself. There are only two ways. Either meaning is surrounded by matter,…
- Suffering is not blessed because it is suffering but because it is [Christ's]. Suffering is not the context that explains the cross; the cross is…
- Christ transforms the meaning and value of suffering from something to be feared or at best endured into something redemptive [and transformative].
- Since we are [Christ's] body, we too are the bread that is broken for others. Our failures help heal other lives; our very tears help…
More Suffering Quotes
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering. — Karen Armstrong
- When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because… — Chinua Achebe
- I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours… — David Attenborough
- If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe,… — Saint Augustine
- God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine