Torment Quotes

361 quotes by 286 authors

The gratification of curiosity rather frees us from uneasiness than confers pleasure; we are more pained by ignorance than delighted by instruction. Curiosity is the… — Samuel Johnson
If it is not strong upon your heart to practice what you read, to what end do you read? To increase your own condemnation? If… — Thomas Brooks
Reckon then that to acquire soul-winning power, you will have to go through mental torment and soul distress. You must go into the fire if… — Charles Spurgeon
Problems will always torment us because all important problems are insoluble: that is why they are important. The good comes from the continuing struggle to… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Love begets love. This torment is my joy. — Theodore Roethke
Mankind, by the perverse depravity of their nature, esteem that which they have most desired as of no value the moment it is possessed, and… — Francois Fenelon
And so the ordinary unendurable torments we all experienced were indeed exceptional in the way they were absorbed in each heart. — E L Doctorow
I attempt all day, at work, not to think about what lies ahead, but this costs me so much effort that there is nothing left… — Lydia Davis
Divine happiness, even the tiniest particle of a grain of it, never leaves one again; and when one attains to the essence of things and… — Anandamayi Ma
Even in the running away from hurting, there is hurting.Â In opening unprotected to the experienceÂ that is enslaving you with its torment,Â there is… — Gangaji
Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to… — Joseph de Maistre
Only one thing matters: live a good, happy life. Do your heart's bidding, even when it leads you on paths that timid souls would avoid.… — Wilhelm Reich
But when a manâ€™s religion becomes really frantic; when it is a positive torment to him; and in fine, makes this earth of ours an… — Unknown Author
There is no heaven of glory bright, and no hell where sinners roast. Here and now is our day of torment! Here and now is… — Anton Szandor LaVey
No one will ever go to Hell who has put his trust in Jesus Christ, but many will end up in torment who have trusted… — Curtis Hutson
To those who do not love God, all things must work together immediately for pain and torment, until, by means of the tribulation, they are… — Johann Gottlieb Fichte
The man who comes to writing late, but is in essence a writer, may sometimes gain as much as he has lost: his experience of… — Wright Morris
The echoes of childhood torments have great power, even when not brought to mind in such an inexplicable and horrifying way. — C.J. Sansom
Be grateful. By slaying you now, I spare you an eternity of torment. — Lucian
Temptation can be tormenting, but remember: The torment of temptation to sin is nothing to compare with the torment of the consequences of sin. Remorse… — Edwin Louis Cole

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