Arise Quote by Honore de Balzac

We are motivated more by aversion to the unpleasant than by a will toward truth, freedom, or healing. We are constantly attempting to escape…

— Stephen Levine

“Willpower and determination have their limits. A compelling life purpose, one you believe God created you for, will help you push beyond those limits”

— Tom Cunningham

It takes an unusually philosophic mind to accept that all one’s suffering might be to no end, really, in the larger scheme of things.

— Anonymous

There's nothing like suffering to remind us how not in control we actually are, how little power we ultimately have, and how much we…

— Tullian Tchividjian

“We increase our suffering through our attempts to avoid it”

— Miriam Greenspan

One has to go beyond the mind to experience the spiritual bliss of desirelessness.

— Meher Baba

In a world of plenty, continued suffering is a terrible stain on our conscience. It is inexcusable that we not strive, with every resource…

— Kofi Annan

Above all we must not wish to cling to our suffering. Suffering surely deepens us and enhances our person, but we must not desire…

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

The craving for things we think are outside ourselves binds us to suffering.

— Senoraroy

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

— Albert Einstein

The only limits in our life are those we impose on ourselves.

— Bob Proctor

“Once we’ve concluded that this earthly life of ours is a gift of divine mercy—and grateful recollection of this is our obligation—then we rightly…

— John Calvin