Suffering Quotes
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The executive branch of this government never has, nor will suffer, while I preside, any improper conduct of its officers to escape with impunity.
George Washington
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The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being
Dalai Lama
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A little fire is quickly trodden out, Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
William Shakespeare
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By the law of nature, there is no pleasure in suffering; but divine love, when it reigns in a heart, makes it take delight in its sufferings.
Alphonsus Liguori
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I don't believe love is real love if it remains cloistered within the confines of an intimate relationship; it should transcend the private sphere. As an artist that means training an eye on the suffering in the world, then acting on behalf of others.
C.E. Morgan
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I suggest to you that it is because God loves us that he gives us the gift of suffering. Pain is God's megaphone to rouse a deaf world. You see, we are like blocks of stone out of which the Sculptor carves the forms of men. The blows of his chisel, which hurt us so much are what make us perfect.
C. S. Lewis
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Filipinos don't realize that victory is the child of struggle, that joy blossoms from suffering, and redemption is a product of sacrifice.
Jose Rizal
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When we encounter suffering, it is important to respond w/ compassion rather than to question the politics of those we help.
Dalai Lama
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Compassion can be roughly defined in terms of a state of mind that is nonviolent, nonharming, and nonaggressive. It is a mental attitude based on the wish for others to be free of their suffering and is associated with a sense of commitment, responsibility, and respect towards others.
Dalai Lama
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When does gold ore become gold? When it is put through a process of fire. So the human being during the training becomes as pure as gold through suffering. It is the burning away of the dross. Suffering has a great redeeming quality. As a drop of water failing on the desert sand is sucked up immediately, so we must become nothing and nowhere ... we must disappear.
Bhai Sahib Singh
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Nuclear weapons will not be gotten rid of until the United States confronts the magnitude of the horror, the tragedy, and the long-term suffering of the victims.
Bernard Lown
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No one knows what capacities for doing and suffering he has in himself, until something comes to rouse them to activity: just as in a pond of still water, lying there like a mirror, there is no sign of the roar and thunder with which it can leap from the precipice, and yet remain what it is; or again, rise high in the air as a fountain. When water is as cold as ice, you can have no idea of the latent warmth contained in it.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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He who thinks that macrobiotic living is merely a cure for physical ailments, however, can never really be helped. It is not a new medicine to stop pain or suffering, but rather a teaching that goes to the source of pain and eradicates it.
George Ohsawa
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When I was 13, I really used to skip down the street, happy in thinking, "Oh, well, someone's suffering pain in order for me to feel this pleasure."
Zadie Smith
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To those out there who are suffering from cancer, facing adversity, I want you to know that your will to live can make all the difference in the world.
Craig Sager
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A woman's suffering is never above half known, for the fact of the publicity of her wrongs is counted to her for disgrace.
Caroline Norton
