Eating Quote by W. H. Auden

About suffering they were never wrong, The Old Masters.

— W. H. Auden

“The poem begins, “About suffering they were never wrong, / The Old Masters: how well they understood / Its human position; how it takes…

— Will Schwalbe

“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

“Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are.”

— Allan Lokos

Tell me how much you know of the sufferings of your fellowmen and I will tell you how much you have loved them.

— Helmut Thielicke

“It was not pastoral teaching, or small group fellowship, or worship services, or books of theology — rather, they mentioned suffering. “People said they…

— Philip Yancey

“All this talk about 'suffering humanity' is principally drivel based on the error of transferring one's own psychology to one's neighbour. The Golden Rule…

— Aleister Crowley

“We particularly need to listen to older people and children. They all have stories to tell that enrich the mind and the heart. Children…

— Gordon MacDonald

“How in the world--when what is such knowledge but suffering?”

— Henry James

As you look at many people's lives, you see that their suffering is in a way gratifying, for they are comfortable in it. They…

— Ram Dass

... people loved to suffer, as long as the suffering made sense. Everybody suffered. The key was to choose the form of your suffering.

— Chad Harbach

“But whatever any of them thought one thing was always certain: even though they suffered and had to struggle at times to bring meaning…

— Nadeem Aslam