Affliction Quote by Pope Gregory I Download Open image “Affliction strengthens the vigor of our soul, whereas happiness weakens it.” — Pope Gregory I ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Affliction Happiness Religious Soul Vigor
Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I find afflictions to be good for me. I have always found them so. Afflictions are happy means in the hands of the Holy… — Joseph Williams Copy Share Image
Happiness is an enemy. It weakens you. Suddenly, you have something to lose. — Niki Lauda Copy Share Image
It is my observations, though, that happiness limits the amount of suffering one is willing to inflict upon others — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
Affliction is a pill, which, being wrapt up in patience and quiet submission, may be easily swallowed; but discontent chews the pill, and so… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
Happiness is the enemy. It weakens you, puts doubts in your mind. Suddenly, you have something to lose. — Daniel Bruhl Copy Share Image
Happiness, however, is not the result of any one single cause. It is the result of many ideal states of being grouped together into… — Christian D. Larson Copy Share Image
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them.” — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
He who is required by the necessity of his position to speak the highest things is compelled by the same necessity to exemplify the… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
I despise the proper constructions and cases, because I think it very unfitting that the words of the celestial oracle should be restricted by… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
If we are, in fact, now occupied in good deeds, we should not attribute the strength with which we are doing them to ourselves.… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
Now if the wearing of fine and precious robes were not a fault, word of God would never have so carefully expressed this. For… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
“He must, therefore, be the model for everyone. He must be devoted entirely to the example of good living. He must be dead to… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
“Necessity demands that one should carefully examine who it is that comes to the position of spiritual authority; and coming solemnly to this point,… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
“Pope Gregory believed that successful pastoral leadership required a balance between the contemplation of the isolated ascetic and the action of the well-trained administrator.” — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
There are in truth three states of the converted: the beginning, the middle, and the perfection. In the beginning they experience the charms of… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
“For it is no doubt impossible to eradicate everything at once from their obstinate minds, because he who endeavours to reach the highest place… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
“The spiritual director should not reduce his attention to the internal life because of external occupations, nor should he relinquish his care for external… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
I don't feel insecure about any of this work anymore. Maybe I don't have what I had when I was younger. I'm not really… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Henceforth, I'll bear Affliction till it do cry out itself, 'Enough, enough, and die. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas. — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
Aimee Parkison offers a distinct new voice to contemporary fiction. Her seductive stories explore childhood as a realm of sorrows, and reveal the afflictions… — Carol Anshaw Copy Share Image
May I strike my heart's keys clearly, and may none fail because of slack, uncertain, or fraying strings. May the tears that stream down… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more. — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
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