Suffering Quotes
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.Thich Nhat Hanh
We are suffering from too much sarcasm.Marianne Moore
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.Helen Kelle
Happiness is not a reward - It is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - It is a result.Robert Green Ingersoll
Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on Earth.Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
Suffering. We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.Anatole France
The barb in the arrow of childhood suffering is this its intense loneliness, its intense ignorance.Akhenaton
That man is good who does good to others if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very good if he suffers at the hands of those to whom he has done good, then his goodness is so great that it could be enhanced only by greater sufferings and if he should die at their hands, his virtue can go no further it is heroic, it is perfect.La Bruyere
Please choose the way of peace. ... In the short term there may be winners and losers in this war that we all dread. But that never can, nor never will justify the suffering, pain and loss of life your weapons will cause.Mother Teresa, - - Letter to U. S. President George Bush and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, January 1991.
Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.Benjamin Disraeli
No matter how long we exist, we have our memories. Points in time which time itself cannot erase. Suffering may distort my backward glances, but even to suffering, some memories will yield nothing of ther beauty or their splendor. Rather they remain as hard as gems.Anne Rice, "Blood and Gold".
Who will tell whether one happy moment of love, or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.Erich Fromm
Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
There are three rings involved with marriage. The engagement ring, the wedding ring, and the suffering.Woody Allen
To endure the cross is not tragedy it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.Dietrich Bonhoeffe
The world is full of suffering but it is also full of people overcoming it.Helen Kelle
What actions are most excellent? To gladden the heart of human beings, to feed the hungry, to help the afflicted, to lighten the sorrow of the sorrowful, and to remove the sufferings of the injured.Prophet Mohammad
But penance need not be paid in suffering... It can be paid in forward motion. Correcting the mistake is a positive move, a nurturing move.Barbara Hall, A Summons to New Orleans, 2000
Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.Yoda, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.Bertrand Russell, Autobiography
There are three rings in marriage. The engagement ring... The wedding ring... and the suffering.Trevor Rook
Dolendi modus, timendi non item. To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.Sir Francis Bacon, Of Seditions and Troubles
Time lost is time when we have not lived a full human life, time unenriched by experience, creative endeavor, enjoyment, and suffering.Dietrich Bonhoeffe
I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy.Louise Bogan
Suffering is none the less acute and much more lasting when it is put into words.Evelyn Waugh, Work Suspended (1943)
