History Quote by John Piper Download Open image ““The only person in history who did not deserve to suffer, suffered most.”” — John Piper ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare History
“all were suffering; that whatever way one took in this world, one must try to remember that all were suffering (none content; all wronged, neglected, overlooked, misunderstood), and therefore one must do what one could to lighten the load of those with whom one came into contact; that his current state of sorrow was not uniquely his, not at all,… — George Saunders Copy Share
“it seemed to him that no matter what evils a man had committed, making him suffer purely for the sake of suffering was pointless.… — Kim Fielding Copy Share Image
“All of us suffer in life, but the ones who bring the suffering find the greatest pain. The wounds we inflict upon others are… — Dragos Bratasanu, Ph.D Copy Share Image
“Suffering, he thought later, could rob a man of his empathy, could turn him selfish, could make him depreciate all other sufferers.” — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
“…as though, capable themselves of suffering, they granted no reality to the suffering of others. ‘The subject exhibited a pain response.’ But not, under… — John Brunner Copy Share Image
“all were suffering; that whatever way one took in this world, one must try to remember that all were suffering (none content; all wronged,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“He had lost the capacity of personal suffering, or he thought he had, and could only be hurt truly by what happened to others.” — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“But all civilisations pass away and, even while they remain, inflict peculiar sufferings of their own probably sufficient to outweigh what alleviations they may… — Business and Leadership Publishing Copy Share Image
“So many people suffer because they choose to suffer. Pain comes to us all, but suffering is a choice.” — E.J. Squires Copy Share Image
“that the endurance of suffering alone, without desire, was not sufficient to punish a fault.” — Catherine of Siena Copy Share Image
“Even in the miserable guilt we feel over our beastlike insensitivity, the glory of God shines. If God were not gloriously desirable, why would… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The absence of God in most spheres of life is perceived to be normal, and even Christians feel it as normal - which is… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“The Spirit inspired the Word and therefore He goes where the Word goes. The more of God's Word you know and love, the more… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Do you feel loved by God because you believe he makes much of you, or because you believe he frees you and empowers you… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man. When this age is over, and… — John Piper Copy Share Image
What is sin? It is the glory of God not honored. The holiness of God not reverenced. The greatness of God not admired. The… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Love is doing what will enthrall the beloved with the greatest and longest joy. What will enthrall the beloved this way is the glory… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Evangelicals are distraught over the state of America because they have not been taught that we're aliens here. — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Worship is the highest moral act a human can perform, so the only basis and motivation for it that many people can conceive is… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Do you love the cross because it makes much of you? Or do you love it because it enables you to enjoy and eternity… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“job 14:1 man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of troubles "If that isn't your experience now it… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Histories never conclude; they just pause their prose. Their stories are, if they are truthful, untidy affairs, resistant to windings-up and sortings-out. They beat… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
It is said that history turns on small hinges. A human career, too, results from an accumulating series of decisions about large and small… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In the entire history of the universe, let alone in your own history, there has never been another day just like today, and there… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
History has often showed us the strength of the forces that are unleashed by the yearning for freedom. It moved people to overcome their… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
Things live and die, and then someone processes them into edible portions. This is a complete telling of the story, 'Food.' The basic plot… — David Fahrenthold Copy Share Image
History is a certain way, but you just change the point of view a little bit, and you discover a whole new side of… — Allison Schroeder Copy Share Image
We're at a point in history were we have to become a part of the neighborhood of inhabited planets, like a neighborhood of a… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image