Quotes by Suffering Words empower us, move us beyond our suffering, and set us free. Terry Tempest Williams empoweringsufferingmoving There is something embarrassing in... the way in which, ... turning suffering into images, harsh and uncompromising though they are, ... wounds the shame we feel in the presence of the victims. For these victims are used to create something, works of art, that are thrown to the consumption of a world which destroyed them. Theodor Adorno sufferingwayart The industrial-technological system may survive or it may break down. If it survives, it MAY eventually achieve a low level of physical and psychological suffering, but only after passing through a long and very painful period of adjustment and only at the cost of permanently reducing human beings and many other living organisms to engineered products and mere cogs in the social machine. Theodore Kaczynski cogssufferinglong I can't go on flying apart just for those who want the benefit of a few verbal kicks. My God, do you know what poems like that cost? They're not written vicariously: they come out of actual suffering, real madness. Theodore Roethke flyingrealsuffering The worst lesson that can be taught to a man is to rely upon others and to whine over his sufferings Theodore Roosevelt rely-uponsufferingmen The sun by the action of heat makes wax moist and mud dry, hardening the one while it softens the other, by the same operation producing exactly opposite results; thus, from the long-suffering of God, some derive benefit, and others harm; some are softened, while others are hardened. Theodoret sufferingoppositeslong Suffering has as much right to be expressed as a martyr has to cry out. So it may have been false to say that writing poetry after Auschwitz is impossible. Theodor Adorno sufferingwritingart Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons. Therese of Lisieux sermonssufferingpeople It is my weakness that gives me all my strength. Therese of Lisieux weaknesssufferinggiving Worthless are those who injure others vengefully, while those who stoically endure are like stored gold. The gratification of the vengeful lasts only for a day, but the glory of the forbearing lasts until the end of time. Though unjustly aggrieved, it is best to suffer the suffering and refrain from unrighteous retaliation. Thiruvalluvar lastsgoldsuffering The need to let suffering speak is a condition of all truth. For suffering is objectivity that weighs upon the subject Theodor Adorno objectivitysufferingneeds How can the good God Who loves us so much, be happy when we suffer? Never does our suffering make Him happy; but it is necessary for us, and so He sends it to us while, as it were, turning away His Face. . . I assure you that it costs Him dearly to fill us with bitterness. Therese of Lisieux costsufferingdoe I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused. Therese of Lisieux catholicsufferinghumble I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself. Therese of Lisieux saintsufferingheaven Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends. Therese of Lisieux chosensufferinggiving True charity consists in putting up with all one's neighbors fault's; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues. Therese of Lisieux weaknesssaintsuffering In spite of this trial, which takes all enjoyment from me, I can never the less, cry out, 'Lord, you fill me with joy in all that you do. For is there a joy greater than to suffer for love?' Therese of Lisieux sufferingtrialsjoy When we are expecting only suffering, the least joy surprises us: Suffering itself becomes the greatest of joys when we seek it as a precious treasure. Therese of Lisieux treasuresufferingjoy He longs to give us a magnificent reward. He knows that suffering is the only means of preparing us to know Him as He knows Himself, and to become ourselves divine. Therese of Lisieux sufferinggivingmean It's true, I suffer a great deal-but do I suffer well? That is the question. Therese of Lisieux dealswellssuffering«192193194195196197198199200201202»
