Quotes by Suffering The ground submits to the sky and suffers whatever comes. Tell me, is the Earth worse for giving in like that? Rumi sufferingskygiving Souls are punished when they have gone forth from the body, some wandering among us, some going to hot or cold places of the earth, some harassed by spirits. Under all circumstances they suffer with the irrational part of their nature, with which they also sinned. For its sake there subsists that shadowy body which is seen about graves, especially the graves of evil livers. Sallust soulsufferingevil Your first task is to be dissatisfied with yourself, fight sin, and transform yourself into something better. Your second task is to put up with the trials and temptations of this world that will be brought on by the change in your life and to persevere to the very end in the midst of these things. Saint Augustine fightingsufferingtemptation Many would be willing to have afflictions provided that they not be inconvenienced by them. Saint Francis de Sales saintsufferingwould-be The damned are in the abyss of Hell, as within a woeful city, where they suffer unspeakable torments, in all their senses and members, because as they have employed all their senses and their members in sinning, so shall they suffer in each of them the punishment due to sin. Saint Francis de Sales punishmentcitiessuffering Do not fret under such assistance as is needful; therein lies one great grace of poverty. It were overambitious to aim at being poor without suffering any inconvenience, in other words, to have the credit of poverty and the convenience of riches. Saint Francis de Sales gracesufferinglying If we misuse the gift of sexuality, we're going to suffer the consequences, and I firmly believe we are suffering the consequences. Salvatore J. Cordileone sexualitysufferingbelieve The wicked exist in this world either to be converted or that through them the good may exercise patience. Saint Augustine wickedsufferingexercise If you look at any other group of people suffering injustice, women are always in the worst situation within that group. Salma Hayek worst-situationsufferingpeople Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime? Sam Harris family-and-friendssufferingloss Each of us as poets, as decent suffering human beings, has to find a way to run our lives that is compassionate toward one another and toward our environment. Sam Hamill sufferingrunningway Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault. Sam Harris trainingsufferingcharacter We suffer from the illusion that the faster we run, the more likely we are to grasp happiness. The truth is that the velocity necessary for success rarely exceeds the rate of reflection. Sam Keen sufferingreflectionrunning Temporal punishments are suffered by some in this life only, by some after death, by some both here and hereafter, but all of them before that last and strictest judgment. But not all who suffer temporal punishments after death will come to eternal punishments, which are to follow after that judgment. Saint Augustine punishmentlastssuffering When someone like myself points out the rather obvious and compelling evidence that God is cruel and unjust, because he visits suffering on innocent people of a scope and scale that would embarrass the most ambitious psychopath, we're told that? God is mysterious. Sam Harris sufferingpeoplereligion I will not live an instant that I do not live in love. Whoever loves does all things without suffering, or, suffering, loves his suffering. Saint Augustine catholicsufferingdoe Joy is not necessarily the absence of suffering, it is the presence of God. Sam Storms sufferingabsencejoy My dad had a lot of bad luck. You could see his suffering, his terrible suffering, living a life that was disappointing and looking for another one. Sam Shepard dadlucksuffering Morality and values depend on the existence of conscious minds - and specifically on the fact that such minds can experience various forms of well-being and suffering in this universe. Sam Harris sufferingmindfacts The problem of human suffering is never too much rational thinking, or too high a demand for evidence. But the solutions are. ... Reason is nothing less than the guardian of love. Sam Harris demandsufferingthinking«175176177178179180181182183184185»
