Suffering Quotes
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Too many Americans who struggle with mental health illnesses are suffering in silence rather than seeking help, and we need to see to it that men and women who would never hesitate to go see a doctor if they had a broken arm or came down with the flu, that they have that same attitude when it comes to their mental health.
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Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering. The love of God is of a different nature altogether. It does not hate tragedy. It never denies reality. It stands in the very teeth of suffering.
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We must have a real living determination to reach holiness. ''I will be a saint'' means I will despoil myself of all that is not God; I will strip my heart of all created things; I will live in poverty and detachment; I will renounce my will, my inclinations, my whims and fancies, and make make myself a willing slave to the will of God.
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Many suffer so that some day all Irish people may know justice and peace.
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The people who do not get jobs are often the most vulnerable in our society, and joblessness is a terrible plight for anyone who suffers from it.
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The bulk of suffering does not stem from 'dreadful' experiences but rather from frightening beliefs.
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We are coerced into faith by our suffering.
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One way to make a baby cry is to expose it to cries of other babies. There's sort of contagiousness to the crying. It's not just crying. We also know that if a baby sees another human in silent pain, it will distress the baby. It seems part of our very nature is to suffer at the suffering of others.
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One should strive to understand what underlies sufferings and diseases - and aim for health and well-being while gaining in the Path.
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It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades.
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Envy makes people lonely, and brings them great suffering. It is horrible stuff to have in our flesh, and it is a sin we need to take deadly seriously.
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Looking at various means of developing compassion, I think empathy is an important factor: the ability to appreciate others' suffering.
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Freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society -- once the right to travel is curtailed, all other rights suffer.
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I think it is very beautiful for the poor to accept their lot, to share it with the passion of Christ. I think the world is being much helped by the suffering of the poor people.
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Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.
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It is more important to prevent animal suffering, rather than sit to contemplate the evils of the universe praying in the company of priests.
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Ours is a kind of struggle designed, I dare say, by Providence to try the patience, fortitude, and virtue of men. None, therefore, who is engaged in it, will suffer himself, I trust, to sink under difficulties, or be discouraged by hardships. If he cannot do as he wishes, he must do what he can.
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Our very wretchedness grows dear to us when suffering for one we love.
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Whenever I had anything and saw a fellow being suffering, I was more anxious to relieve him than to benefit myself. And this is one of the true secrets of my being a poor man to this day.
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There is a great deal we never think of calling religion that is still fruit unto God, and garnered by Him in the harvest. The fruits of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, patience, goodness. I affirm that if these fruits are found in any form, whether you show your patience as a woman nursing a fretful child, or as a man attending to the vexing detail of a business, or as a physician following the dark mazes of sickness, or as a mechanic fitting the joints and valves of a locomotive; being honest true besides, you bring forth truth unto God.
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One day I met a lady who was dying of cancer in a most terrible condition. And I told her, I say, "You know, this terrible pain is only the kiss of Jesus - a sign that you have come so close to Jesus on the cross that he can kiss you."
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We are suffering with rain, strong wind. The fear is not gone from us. It is very, very hard.
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I suffer every moment of every day that I am not with my son. All I want is to be reunited with my son.
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The highest happiness is when one reaches the stage of liberation, at which there is no more suffering.
