Quotes about suffering
suffering world west
We in the west are seen as godless, as greedy and as uncaring about the suffering of those in the developing world. Silvia Cartwright
suffering elements might
Thus we arrive at the singular conclusion that of all the information passed by our cultural assets it is precisely the elements which might be of the greatest importance to us and which have the task of solving the riddles of the universe and of reconciling us to the sufferings of life -- it is precisely those elements that are the least well authenticated of any. Sigmund Freud
suffering needs world
Just as a satisfaction of instinct spells happiness for us, so severe suffering is caused us if the external world lets us starve, if it refuses to sate our needs. One may therefore hope to be freed from a part of one's sufferings by influencing the instinctual impulses.
suffering contentment merit
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment. Pietro Aretino
suffering frailty conversion
Suffering is a call to conversion: it reminds us of our frailty and vulnerability. Pope Francis
suffering realization way
Suffering is the way for Realization of God. Ramana Maharshi
suffering-of-others space helping
There's a reticence necessary when you consider the suffering of others. Into the space created by that reticence, you bring in those things that best help us confront ambiguity: music, painting, film, and so on. Teju Cole
suffering insult response
We all have to die, and I preferred to have just one death. It seems to me that to suffer insult without response is to die many deaths. Randall Robinson
suffering born homesickness
He decided that we suffer from great temporal homesickness for the decade we were born in. Thomas Pynchon
suffering-and-death doubt dying
Personally, I'm afraid of suffering and afraid of dying. I'm also afraid of witnessing the suffering and death of those who are close to me. And no doubt I project these fears on those around me and those to come, which makes it impossible for me to understand why everyone isn't an antinatalist, just as I have to assume pronatalists can't understand why everyone isn't like them. Thomas Ligotti
suffering looks body
Look at your body— A painted puppet, a poor toy Of jointed parts ready to collapse, A diseased and suffering thing With a head full of false imaginings. —The Dhammapada
suffering important musician
You're a musician, it is important that you suffer! Russell Brand
suffering needs machines
TV is very much a producer and writer or creator-driven machine in the States. And I'm the kind of actor that needs to be pushed and have someone on my case a little bit, so I suffer from that. Rose Byrne
suffering workplace kind
Nowadays, most women just assume they have a right to be in the workplace, and any kind of discrimination they suffer is sort of more creeping. Romola Garai
suffering apprehension perpetual
It is better to suffer once than to be in perpetual apprehension. Julius Caesar
suffering would-be affliction
Many would be willing to have afflictions provided that they not be inconvenienced by them. Saint Francis de Sales
suffering doe serving-others
I will not live an instant that I do not live in love. Whoever loves does all things without suffering, or, suffering, loves his suffering. Saint Augustine
suffering too-much want
For it is better to suffer a little want than to have too much.
suffering ordinary levels
When you bring an idealised relationship down to the level of an ordinary one it isn't necessarily the ordinary one that suffers'. Winston Graham
suffering christianity inevitable
The only thing wrong with Christianity is the lack of suffering. Winston Churchill
suffering way rewards
All that I do and suffer is but the way to the reward, and not the deserving thereof. William Tyndale
suffering fundamentals principles
Alleviation of suffering is my fundamental principle. Yusuf Hamied
suffering sin lord
I assure you by the Lord, your adversaries shall get no advantage against you, except you sin, and offend your Lord, in your sufferings. Samuel Rutherford
suffering tragedy firsts
When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped. Samuel Johnson
suffering peculiar providence
The equity of Providence has balanced peculiar sufferings with peculiar enjoyments.
suffering divine knows
Only a Woman, divine, could know all that a woman can suffer. Willa Cather
suffering lessons this-life
To suffer without complaint is the only lesson we have to learn in this life Vincent Van Gogh
suffering alive kind
I am astonished at the high prices paid for works by painters who are dead, prices none of them could expect when they were alive. It is a kind of tulip trade, in which living painters suffer but do not profit.
suffering how-to-love love-you-more
The more you love, the more you suffer.
suffering knows
He who has suffered you to impose on him knows you. William Blake
suffering artistic conditions
Suffering is the main condition of the artistic experience. Samuel Beckett
suffering special atheism
For atheism and polytheism there is no special problem of suffering, nor need there be for every kind of monotheism. Walter Kaufmann
suffering add needs
Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them - is not especially intent on preventing suffering, whether it is indifferent to suffering or actually rejoices in it.