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Suffering Quotes by Rob Bell
- It often appears that those who talk the most about going to heaven when you die talk the least about bringing heaven to earth right…
- It often takes suffering and lost in order to remind us of how precious life is.
- One truth is that suffering raises profound questions with the universe. The other truth is that grace, gift and generosity also raise profound questions.
- Suffering is traumatic and awful and we get angry and we shake our fists at the heavens and we vent and rage and weep. But…
- Suffering, it turns out, demands profound imagination. A new future has to be conjured up because the old future isn't there anymore.
- This is why for thousands of years Christians have found the cross to be so central to life. It speaks to us of God's suffering,…
- Our tendency in the midst of suffering is to turn on God. To get angry and bitter and shake our fist at the sky and…
- Some communities don't permit open, honest inquiry about the things that matter most. Lots of people have voiced a concern, expressed a doubt, or raised…
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