Suffering Quotes
We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we have put in their place.
A child can live with anything as long as he or she is told the truth and is allowed to share with loved ones the natural feelings people have when they are suffering.
The abused children are alone with their suffering, not only within the family, but also within themselves. They cannot crate a place in their own soul where they could cry their beart out.
Only in eternity shall we see the beauty of the soul, and only then shall we realize what great things were accomplished by interior suffering.
Suffering is the pain of constraints. An atom of pure delight, no matter how small, can hold it at bay.
The aim is not for me to be right. The aim is to make sure that we keep the focus on the people who are suffering. That's what we're here for.
The will of God is never exactly what you expect it to be. It may seem to be much worse, but in the end it's going to be a lot better and a lot bigger.
Whatever suffering there is in this world,all arises from desiring only myself to be happy.And whatever joy there is in this world,all arises from desiring to share my happiness with everyone.
Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.
It is not humiliating to be unhappy. Physical suffering is sometimes humiliating, but the suffering of being cannot be, it is life.
Suffering is part and parcel of extensive intelligence and a feeling heart.
Attachment to being right creates suffering. When you have a choice to be right, or to be kind, choose kind and watch your suffering disappear.
It is true that God's power triumphs over everything, but humble and suffering prayer prevails over God Himself.
In my job, you expect to suffer. That's why when I go to hell one day, it will be less painful for me than you, because I'm used to suffering.
I never feel more alive than when I'm in great pain, struggling against insurmountable odds and untold adversity. Hardship? Suffering? Bring it!
The believer in God has to account for the existence of unjust suffering; the atheist has to account for everything else.
A man must learn to understand the motives of human beings, their illusions, and their sufferings.
I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age
A real dog, beloved and therefore pampered by his mistress, is a lamentable spectacle. He suffers from fatty degeneration of his moral being.
I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
There is a natural law, a Divine law, that obliges you and me to relieve the suffering, the distressed and the destitute.
Sometimes educators suffer from the "I already do that" syndrome. In those cases, we feel inadequate if we admit we have a distance to go as learners of our craft.
Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself
Battles are won, not with weapons, but with God. They are won where the way leads to the cross.
I was so afraid to feel free to enjoy my own life if my mother was sick and suffering everyday of her's. I didn't think I had the right.
Auschwitz cries out with the pain of immense suffering and pleads for a future of respect, peace and encounter among peoples.
There are always these moments in life when the limits of suffering are reached and we become heroes and heroines.
Suffering is a corrective to point out a lesson which by other means we have failed to grasp, and never can it be eradicated until that lesson is learnt.
If we define a misanthrope as 'someone who does not suffer fools and likes to see fools suffer,' we have described a person with something to look forward to.
Speak to the suffering, and you will never lack an audience. There is a broken heart in every crowd.
Love has three kinds of origin, namely: suffering, friendship and love. A human love has a corporal and intellectual origin.
Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain, Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep, So men against their will Learn to practice moderation. Favours come to us from gods.
"Great suffering has a silver-lining that we can be grateful for, because it builds up a human being and puts him or her within reach of self-knowledge."
It is not necessary that one should humble oneself to deserve assistance, it is sufficient that one should suffer.
