Quotes by Suffering There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering--a hell of boredom. Victor Hugo boredomhellsuffering For years I was an undiagnosed anorexic, suffering from a little-known variant of the disease, where, freakishly, the appetite turns in on itself and demands more and more food, forcing the sufferer to gain several stones in weight and wear men's V-necked pullovers. My condition has stabilised now, but I can never stray too far from cocoa-based products and I keep a small cracknel-type candy in my brassiere at all times. Fortunately, I wear a 'D' cup so there is plenty of room for sweetmeats. Victoria Wood sufferingmenyears No matter who you are, the thought of so much suffering and degradation must cause you to shudder at the sight of a veil or cassock, those two shrouds of human invention. Victor Hugo sufferingsighttwo If suffer we must, let's suffer on the heights. Victor Hugo heightifssuffering We all experience many freakish and unexpected events - you have to be open to suffering a little. The philosopher Schopenhauer talked about how out of the randomness, there is an apparent intention in the fate of an individual that can be glimpsed later on. When you are an old guy, you can look back, and maybe this rambling life has some through-line. Others can see it better sometimes. But when you glimpse it yourself, you see it more clearly than anyone. Viggo Mortensen fateguysuffering To live a life which is a perpetual falsehood is to suffer unknown tortures. Victor Hugo torturehypocrisysuffering In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice. Viktor E. Frankl sacrificesufferingfear It is here that we encounter the central theme of existentialism: to live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering. Viktor E. Frankl existentialismencounterssuffering If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering. Viktor E. Frankl mans-search-for-meaningmeaning-of-lifesuffering Despair is suffering without meaning. Viktor E. Frankl despairexistentialsuffering This is the core of the human spirit ... If we can find something to live for - if we can find some meaning to put at the center of our lives - even the worst kind of suffering becomes bearable. Viktor E. Frankl kindsufferingspirit To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic. Viktor E. Frankl masochisticheroicsuffering Once an individual's search for meaning is successful, it not only renders him happy but also gives him the capability to cope with suffering Viktor E. Frankl successfulsufferinggiving All who suffer are full of hatred; all who live drag a remorse: the dead alone have broken their chains. Victor Hugo brokenhatredsuffering I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world may still know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the contemplation of his beloved. In a position of utter desolation, when a man cannot express himself in positive action, when his only achievement may consist in enduring his sufferings in the right way - an honorable way - in such a position man can, through loving contemplation of the image he carries of his beloved, achieve fulfillment. Viktor E. Frankl understandingsufferingmen In short, I am doing what I can, I suffer with the same universal suffering, and I try to assuage it, I possess only the puny forces of a man, and I cry to all: “Help me! Victor Hugo sufferingtryingmen Without ducking responsibility, what's wrong with medicine today is that it is predicated on providing treatment, not on reducing suffering. Not on solving problems. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran medicineresponsibilitysuffering We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering. Viktor E. Frankl differentsufferinglife That is the way this game is -- you win, you lose, you celebrate and you suffer. Vin Scully sufferinggameswinning The incurable sufferer is given very little opportunity to be proud of his suffering and to consider it ennobling rather than degrading" so that "he is not only unhappy, but also ashamed of being unhappy. Viktor E. Frankl unhappysufferingopportunity«200201202203204205206207208209210»
