Quotes by Suffering It seems we are suffering from a very narrow and self serving reading of the Gospel right now. Richard Rohr readingsufferingself For me, moral questions such as stem-cell research turn upon whether suffering is caused. In this case, clearly none is. The embryos have no nervous system. But that's not an issue discussed publicly. The issue is, Are they human? If you are an absolutist moralist, you say, "These cells are human, and therefore they deserve some kind of special moral treatment." Richard Dawkins issuescellssuffering You can say that climbers suffer the same as the other riders, but they suffer in a different way. You feel the pain, but you're glad to be there. Richard Virenque paindifferentsuffering Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can. Injustice is happening now; suffering is happening now. We have choices to make now. To insist on absolute certainty before starting to apply ethics to life decisions is a way of choosing to be amoral. Richard Stallman choicesdecisionsuffering If you stay in the mainstream of life, you let in the suffering of the world that invariably enters all of our lives by the time we're in our middle years, when we've experienced a few deaths and read a few headlines. Richard Rohr sufferingworldyears I would feel dead if I didn't have the ability periodically to put my world in order with a poem. I think to be inarticulate is a great suffering, and is especially so to anyone who has a certain knack for poetry. Richard Wilbur sufferingorderthinking A faith that can be destroyed by suffering is not faith. Richard Wurmbrand destroyedsuffering There was once a fiddler who played so beauitully that everybody danced. A deaf man who could not hear the music considered them all insane. Those who are with Jesus in suffering hear this music to which other men are deaf. They dance and do not care if they are considered insane. Richard Wurmbrand sufferingmenjesus He had lived and acted on the assumption that he was alone, and now he saw that he had not been. What he had done made others suffer. No matter how much he would long for them to forget him, they would not be able to. His family was a part of him, not only in blood, but in spirit. Richard Wright sufferinglongblood Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter. Richard Whately sufferinglawmen Only liberals know how to make you freer on the job, which is where most of us suffer the gravest indignities in our lives. Rick Perlstein sufferingknowsjobs People suffer all their life long, under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is impossible for a person to be cheated by anyone but himself. Ralph Waldo Emerson sufferinglongpeople Human suffering is articulated in language; communication is how we seek help, consolation, etc. Rigoberto Gonzalez etccommunicationsuffering I turned to human suffering because - this may sound odd - animal suffering is more difficult for me to deal with. Rigoberto Gonzalez sufferingsoundanimal Surrender . . .sacrificing my life or suffering in order to change what needs to be changed Rick Warren sacrificesufferingorder It'll be dangerous," Nyssa warned him. "Hardship, monsters, terrible suffering. Possibly none of you will come back alive." "Oh." Suddenly Leo didn't look so excited. Then he remembered everyone was watching. "I mean... Oh, cool! Suffering? I love suffering! Let's do this. Rick Riordan sufferingmonstersmean The deepest level of worship is praising God inspite of pain, trusting Him during a trial, surrendering while suffering, and loving Him when He seems distant. Rick Warren trusting-himpainsuffering Jerome sighed and set down his fork. "Are you still doing that, Georgie? Don't I suffer enough without having to endure the humiliation of a succubus who moonlights as a Christmas elf?" "You always said I should quit the bookstore and find something else to do," I reminded him. "Yes, but that was because I thought you'd go on to do something respectable. Like become a stripper or the Mayor's mistress. Richelle Mead mistressbookstoressuffering My first reaction in pastoral care is not to explain. And again, I don't think the primary purpose of the Bible is to explain suffering. I never have, because the actual explanations are often inadequate. I think the primary purpose of Scripture is to say I am all you need in this suffering and I need comfort. Rick Warren sufferingcomfortthinking Guys do ridiculous things for love." Adrian reached into his pocket and held up a pack of cigarettes. "Do you know how badly I want one of these right now? Yet I suffer, Rose. All for you. Richelle Mead guysufferingrose«168169170171172173174175176177178»
