Quotes by Suffering The greatness of our love of God must be tested by the desire we have of suffering for His love. Philip Neri greatnesssufferingdesire It is true fortitude to stand firm against Philip Massinger cowardfatesuffering Youth might be wise; we suffer less from pains than pleasures. Philip James Bailey painsufferingwise Suffering has no strength to wound a weary body. Paulo Coelho inspirationsufferinglife She said she was neither happy nor unhappy, and that was why she couldn't go on. Each person knows the extent of their own suffering, or the total absence of meaning in their lives. Paulo Coelho inspirationsufferinglife When I believe, I am crazy. When I don’t believe, Philip K. Dick crazysufferingbelieve I never felt like that before. Maybe it could be depression, like you get. I can understand how you suffer now when you're depressed; I always thought you liked it and I thought you could have snapped yourself out any time, if not alone then my means of the mood organ. But when you get that depressed you don't care. Apathy, because you've lose a sense of worth. It doesn't matter whether you feel better because you have no worth. Philip K. Dick feel-bettersufferingmean It's amazing how much punishment we can take. Philip Roth punishmentsuffering I do feel like all the people I meet, all the people I'm in discussions with, if I'm working with somebody, I sense the same energy that everybody is suffering from the same predicament. Philip Seymour Hoffman energysufferingpeople Power, no matter how well-intentioned, tends to cause suffering. Love, being vulnerable, absorbs it. In a point of convergence on a hill called Calvary, God renounced the one for the sake of the other. Philip Yancey sufferingmatterjesus Sometimes the people who hurt us the most are people who were hurt more than us. Philippos Syrigos sufferinghurtpeople Who would complain if God allowed one hour of suffering in an entire lifetime of comfort? Why complain about a lifetime that includes suffering when that lifetime is a mere hour of eternity? Philip Yancey sufferingcomfortcomplaining Faith in God offers no insurance against tragedy. Philip Yancey tragedyfaith-in-godsuffering When we ignore the world outside the walls we suffer-as does it. Philip Yancey wallsufferingworld When suffering happens, it forces us to confront life in a different way than we normally do. Philip Yancey differentsufferingway But how to explain suffering because of a man? It's not explainable. With that kind of suffering, a person feels as if they're in hell, because there is no nobility, no greatness - only misery. Paulo Coelho greatnesssufferingmen suffering is as necessary to entertaining as vermouth is to a Martini - a small but vital ingredient. Phyllis McGinley hospitalityingredientssuffering Not knowing whether to wait or to forget is the worst kind of suffering. Paulo Coelho knowingsufferingwaiting Suffering is a privilege. It moves us toward thinking of essential things and shakes us out of complacency. Calamity cracks you open, moves you to change your ways. Pico Iyer sufferingmovingthinking I suffer the anthropological malady diagnosed by Le vi- Strauss inTristes tropiques: I find it much more difficult to suspend value judgments about the society in which I normally reside than I do abroad. It takes physical and cultural distance to gain moral detachment and political noncommitment. Relativism implies a solid measure of indifference. Pierre L. van den Berghe distancepoliticalsuffering«157158159160161162163164165166167»
