Quotes by Suffering I didn’t create poverty. This church didn’t create poverty. Poverty is not an issue, human suffering is not an issue at all, they were there before the creation of mankind. Peter Akinola issueschurchsuffering Tonglen practice begins to dissolve the illusion that each of us is alone with this personal suffering that no one else can understand. Pema Chodron illusionsufferingpractice The very first noble truth of the Buddha points out that suffering is inevitable for human beings as long as we believe that things last—that they don’t disintegrate, that they can be counted on to satisfy our hunger for security. Pema Chodron sufferinglongbelieve To put it concisely, we suffer when we resist the noble and irrefutable truth of impermanence and death. Pema Chodron impermanencenoblesuffering If you have rage and righteously act it out and blame it all on others, it's really you who suffers. The other people and the environment suffer also, but you suffer more because you're being eaten up inside with rage, causing you to hate yourself more and more Pema Chodron hatesufferingpeople The third noble truth says that the cessation of suffering is letting go of holding on to ourselves. Pema Chodron noblesufferingletting-go If you work with your mind, that will alleviate all the suffering that seems to come from the outside. Pema Chodron alleviatesufferingmind Of all the ways we have found to hurt ourselves, the worse has been through love. We are always suffering because of someone who doesn't love us, or someone who has left us, or someone who won't leave us. If we are alone, it is because no one wants us. Paulo Coelho sufferinghurtwant If you want to gain market share at your competitor's expense - look for a customer that's suffering from too much complexity and simplify it. Peter Cohan too-muchsufferingwant The root of suffering is resisting the certainty that no matter what the circumstances, uncertainty is all we truly have. Pema Chodron sufferingrootsmatter Resisting what is happening is a major cause of suffering. Pema Chodron happeningscausessuffering Love is joy. Don't convince yourself that suffering is a part of it. Paulo Coelho sufferingjoylove-is What people believe is a measure of what they suffer. Peter De Vries sufferingbelievepeople Only three things can change our lives dreams, suffering and love Paulo Coelho and-lovesufferingdream Some have sought to avoid suffering by avoiding desire. Thus they have only small desires and small sufferings, poor fools. Peter J. Carroll foolsufferingdesire We are all united by the phenomenon that we have a body and that body is universally the same, more or less. If we lose sight of that perspective, everything can desperately suffer. Peter Greenaway perspectivesufferingsight But if you've ever felt love, you'll know how painful it is to suffer for love. Paulo Coelho painfulsufferinglove-you In acute suffering the need for meaning is as strong or stronger than the need for happiness. Peter L. Berger strongsufferinginteresting Idlers do not make history: they suffer it! Peter Kropotkin idlerssuffering The greatest Christians in history seem to say that their sufferings ended up bringing them the closest to God - so this is the best thing that could happen, not the worst. Peter Kreeft worstsufferingchristian«154155156157158159160161162163164»
