Quotes by Suffering Whatever troubles may be before you, accept them bravely, remembering Whom you are trying to follow. Do not be afraid. Love one another, bear with one another, and let charity guide you all your life. God will reward you as only He can. Mary MacKillop charitysufferingtrying When people suffer, their relationships usually suffer as well. Period. And we all suffer because, as the Buddha says, that's the nature of being human and wanting stuff we don't always get. Mary Karr sufferingstuffpeople If God is what people say there can be no one in the universe so unhappy as He; for He sees unceasingly myriads of His creatures suffering unspeakable miseries--and besides this foresees how they are going to suffer during the remainder of their lives. One might as well say, "As unhappy as God." Mark Twain sufferinggodpeople Whoever does not know God hidden in suffering does not know God at all. Martin Luther knowing-godsufferingdoe Love can never express itself by imposing sufferings on others. It can only express itself by self-suffering, by self-purification. Mahatma Gandhi sufferingselflove In verity we are the poor. This humanity we would claim for ourselves is the legacy, not only of the Enlightenment, but of the thousands and thousands of European peasants and poor townspeople who came here bringing their humanity and their sufferings with them. It is the absence of a stable upper class that is responsible for much of the vulgarity of the American scene. Should we blush before the visitor for this deficiency? Mary McCarthy sufferinghumanityclass This is the good and happy news, that Christ has paid for our sin, and through His suffering has redeemed us from eternal death. It is His kingdom and His ministry, to preach the Gospel to the poor; that is His purpose. For to the great and holy He cannot come. They do not wish to be counted sinners, and therefore do not need His Gospel. Martin Luther sufferingprayerchristian For satyagraha and its offshoots, non-co-operation and civil resistance, are nothing but new names for the law of suffering. Mahatma Gandhi sufferinglawnames The portion of some is to have their afflictions by drops, now one drop and then another; but the dregs of the cup, the wine of astonishment, like a sweeping rain that leaveth no food, did the Lord prepare to be my portion. Mary Rowlandson winesufferingrain God can be found only in suffering and the cross. Martin Luther crossessufferingfound The fossil-fuel-based development model has not benefitted all people and those who have benefitted least are now suffering great harm in the face of climate change. Mary Robinson fossilssufferingpeople If we knew the value of suffering, we would ask for it. Mary Ruefle asksifssuffering I am convinced, the longer I live, that life & its blessings are not so entirely unjustly distributed, are [as] when we are suffering greatly, we are inclined to suppose. Mary Todd Lincoln convincedsufferingblessing Only a fool takes offense at the truth, Jessamine. They are awful, of that there is no question. But they are also very charming. Purveyors of unspeakable suffering and indescribable delights. Performers of murders and miracles! You might grow to like them, if you got to know them as I do. But why has your beloved Crabgrass ventured into this garden of horrors, I wonder? Maryrose Wood miraclegardensuffering one would suffer a great deal to be happy. Mary Wortley Montagu dealssufferinghappiness Our bodies are always exposed to Satan. The maladies I suffer are not natural, but Devil's spells. Martin Luther humorreligioussuffering We must work passionately and indefatigably to bridge the gulf between our scientific progress and our moral progress. One of the great problems of mankind is that we suffer from a poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance. The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually. Martin Luther King, Jr. progressbridgessuffering My method is conversion, not coercion, it is self-suffering, not the suffering of the tyrant. I know that method to be infallible. Mahatma Gandhi tyrantssufferingself I'm always suffering from a labor shortage. Masamune Shirow shortagelaborsuffering All judges had rather that ten innocent should suffer than that one guilty should escape. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley guiltyjudgingsuffering«132133134135136137138139140141142»
