Quotes by Suffering An old man said, We are not condemned because of our thoughts that enter us, but because we use our thoughts badly; our thoughts can cause us either to suffer shipwreck or to be crowned. Poemen usesufferingmen Although I am a woman and young, I have more than enough courage to suffer this death and a thousand more. Policarpa Salavarrieta empowering-womenempowermentsuffering All the world suffers from the usury of the Jews, their monopolies and deceit. They have brought many unfortunate peoples into a state of poverty, especially farmers, working-class people, and the very poor. Pope Clement VIII sufferingclasspeople Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother. Pliny the Elder parentsufferingnames The cross reminds us that there is no true love without suffering, there is no gift of life without pain. Pope Benedict XVI paincrossessuffering The more the wicked abound, so much the more must we suffer with them in patience; for on the threshing floor few are the grains carried into the barns, but high are the piles of chaff burned with fire. Pope Gregory I wickedsufferingfire Let no one be ashamed of the cross by which Christ has redeemed the world. None of us must be afraid to suffer for the sake of justice or doubt the fulfillment of the promises, for it is through toil that we come to rest and through death that we pass to life. Pope Leo I sufferingjusticepromise Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly. Plutarch adversityupliftingsuffering Today people are suffering from poverty, but also from lack of love Pope Francis lack-of-lovesufferingpeople To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed. Plato philosophicalhastesuffering Perhaps the Lord has called me and preserved me for this service not because I am particularly fit for it, or so that I can govern and rescue the Church from her present difficulties, but so that I can suffer something for the Church, and in that way it will be clear that he, and no other, is her guide and saviour Pope Paul VI churchsufferingway The Church is called to draw near to every person, beginning with the poorest and those who suffer. Pope Francis drawschurchsuffering If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most. Plautus fistssufferinghands To suffer and to endure is the lot of humanity. Pope Leo XIII enduresufferinghumanity Thus to share in the sufferings of Christ is, at the same time, to suffer for the kingdom of God. In the eyes of the just God, before his judgment. Those who share in the sufferings of Christ become worthy of this kingdom. Pope John Paul II catholiceyesuffering Those who reproach injustice do so because they are afraid not of doing it but of suffering it. Plato reproachinjusticesuffering There are three influences which appear to Us to have the chief place in effecting this downgrade movement of society. These are-first, the distaste for a simple and laborious life; secondly, repugnance to suffering of any kind; thirdly, the forgetfulness of the future life. Pope Leo XIII threesimplesuffering From it (the Rosary) the young will draw fresh energy with which to control the rebellious tendencies to evil and to preserve intact the stainless purity of the soul. Also in it, the old will again find repose, relief, and peace from their anxious cares. And to all those who suffer in any way, especially the dying, may it bring comfort and increase the hope of eternal happiness. Pope Pius XI soulsufferingevil The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering. Pope John Paul II catholicsufferingchristian What can they suffer that do not fear to die? Plutarch do-not-fearsufferingdeath«159160161162163164165166167168169»
