Quotes about afflict
affliction return seek till
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
affliction easy easy-things
It is an easy thing to talk of patience to the afflicted. William Blake
affliction prosperity made
Few are made better by prosperity, whom afflictions make worse. William Gurnall
afflict constant earth facts less reporters reporting republican role thorn truth whether
Reporters now see their role less as discovering facts and fair-mindedly reporting the truth and more as being put on the earth to afflict the comfortable, to be a constant thorn of those in power, whether they are Republican or Democrat. Karl Rove
afflicted avoid cold conclusion difficult disorder drives eye looks man mental mess towards
If one looks with a cold eye at the mess man has made of history, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that he has been afflicted by some built-in mental disorder which drives him towards self-destruction Arthur Koestler
affliction slavery bread
If we are to cherish freedom, and to guard it, we must remember what the alternative is: the bread of affliction and the bitter herbs of slavery. Jonathan Sacks
affliction although born cometh doth fly forth man neither sparks spring trouble unto
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; / Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
affliction alleviate remove
Patience cannot remove, but it can always dignify and alleviate, misfortune. Laurence Sterne
affliction silver tested
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. John Bevere
afflict began caused locks man seven shave sleep strength
And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
afflicted concluded cure doctors french illness known
The French and Palestinian doctors have concluded that there was no known cure for the illness that afflicted the president, Ahmed Qurei
afflicted awful call compulsive disease people
That's an awful lot of people to be afflicted by the disease of compulsive gambling. Wouldn't you call that an epidemic?
affliction stamps impression
The furnace of affliction refines us from earthly drossiness, and softens us for the impression of God's own stamp. Pierre Bayle
afflict four great hundred land seed serve shall stranger thy unto whom
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; / And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
afflict children doth grieve nor willingly
For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
affliction bad doubly terrible three twice
It's bad enough when you have got such a terrible affliction once. It's doubly bad when it comes around twice and three times is too bad to think about.
afflicted anybody basic concerned fed food gulf point shelter stop
When you stop and think about it, if the Fed were to pause, what does it actually do for anybody ... in the afflicted Gulf region? At this point they're more concerned with basic food and shelter and not really comparison-shopping for mortgages. Barry Ritholtz
affliction aware good hate immigrant led nostalgia particular politics
Nostalgia is a particular affliction of immigrant fiction, and it's led to a kind of sclerosis of the form. I hate nostalgia, and I feel it's good to be aware of the politics of these genres.
afflicted age anxiety causing great hit nearest suffering
Depression is a devastating illness, causing great suffering in the afflicted and anxiety to their nearest and dearest: it can hit at any age. John Cornwell
afflicted converts maladies malady man position power second thirst
The second malady is the thirst for power. The thirst for power and position is unquenchable. Afflicted with these two maladies man converts the whole world into a madhouse. Sathya Baba
afflict continues cut expected rate survey weaker
The survey was much weaker than expected indicating the bank's rate cut has done little to assuage the malaise that continues to afflict the U.K. consumer.
afflicted double house receives wanders
Afflicted with pain, he wanders from house to house, and in the world hereafter, he receives double punishment.
afflicted brothers half novel profound spent sympathy term three whom
I spent three and a half years writing the novel 'Chang & Eng,' about the conjoined brothers for whom the term 'Siamese twins' was contrived, and when I think of these afflicted people, my only emotion is one of profound sympathy. Darin Strauss
affliction comforter
When you are instructed by affliction, you can become a comforter to the afflicted. Charles Spurgeon
affliction ages bright hath method
Through affliction hath His light shone and His praise been bright unceasingly: this hath been His method through past ages and bygone times.
afflicted america four good man national people point popular president robbing second
Dillinger at one point was the second most popular man in America after President Roosevelt. And he was a national hero for a good reason. He was robbing the very institutions, the banks, which had afflicted the people for four years, and after four years nothing was getting any better. Michael Mann
afflicted attain born creation knowledge neither nor refuge taken time unity
Those who have taken refuge in this knowledge attain unity with Me, and are neither born at the time of creation nor afflicted at the time of dissolution.
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We cannot avoid using power, cannot escape the compulsion to afflict the world, so let us, cautious in diction and mighty in contradiction, love powerfully. Martin Buber
afflict comfort journalism role
The traditional role of journalism is to afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted.
affliction believer caliphs
The true believer is rewarded in every thing, even in affliction.
affliction redemption sin
Redemption from sin is greater then redemption from affliction. Daniel Defoe
affliction firsts would-be
If I didn't have this affliction, I would be the first. As a rule the if-clause contains an unfulfillable condition, or the patient's own arrangement, which only he can change. Alfred Adler
affliction bears cry
Henceforth, I'll bear Affliction till it do cry out itself, 'Enough, enough, and die. William Shakespeare