Addiction Quote by Keith Ablow

We are all frail-embodied creatures, who at times suffer through injustice, abuse, illness, pain and misfortune.

— Anonymous

“We are but skin about a wind, with muscles clenched against mortality. We sleep in a long reproachful dust against ourselves. We are full…

— Djuna Barnes

O suffering, sad humanity! O ye afflicted ones, who lie Steeped to the lips in misery, Longing, yet afraid to die, Patient, though sorely…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both. Appreciating the gloriousness inspires us, encourages us, cheers us up, gives us a…

— Pema Chödrön

No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we…

— Orson F. Whitney

“So much of what people suffer with is rooted in unresolved mental and emotional pain. People everywhere are addicted to false forms of comfort…

— Laura Gagnon

“It is our contemporary culture’s tragedy to have lost any sense of suffering as a positive dimension of human existence. Beginning with the premise…

— Luke Timothy Johnson

“But why, why all the hurt? Because, said Mr. Halloway. You need fuel, gas, someting to run a carnival on, don't you? Women live…

— Ray Bradbury

“Every pain, addiction, anguish, longing, depression, anger or fear is an orphaned part of us seeking joy, some disowned shadow wanting to return to…

— Jacob Nordby

There's a part of us that is addicted to suffering, that equates love with suffering.

— Isha Judd

“Allah has names of Beauty: the Compassionate, the Merciful, the Gentle, and many others. But He also has Names of Rigour: the Overwhelming, the…

— Abdal Hakim Murad

We suffer from a repression of the sublime.

— Roberto Assagioli