Quotes by Suffering It is important to receive God's arrangement in the circumstances. This arrangement is the discipline of the Holy Spirit. To escape God's arrangement just one time is to lose an opportunity to have our capacity enlarged. A believer can never be the same after passing through suffering. Watchman Nee disciplinesufferingopportunity Never adopt an attitude of indifference, for if you do you will suffer for it. The weight will grow heavier and heavier. Watchman Nee weightsufferingattitude To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual. Life in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with watching and laboring, burdened by weariness and trial, punctuated by heartbreak and conflict. It is a life utterly outpoured for the kingdom of God and lived in complete disregard for one's personal happiness. Watchman Nee sufferingprayerspiritual All the great things that I get to be curious about, see, and experience because I'm sensitive to the world, it also opens up these areas where there's a lot of pain and suffering. You're just aware, aware, aware. Wayne Coyne painsufferingworld I'll accept the pain and the suffering, because I know that in that there's a lot of beauty, too. Wayne Coyne acceptingpainsuffering Even when our intentions are noble and our efforts sincere, even when we dedicate our lives to the service of others, the corrosive pressure of frantic over-activity can nonetheless cause suffering in ourselves and others. A "successful" life can become a violent enterprise. Wayne Muller effortsuccessfulsuffering We will prosper or suffer in controlled investments in relation to the operating performances of our businesses - we will not attempt to profit by playing various games in the securities markets. Warren Buffett investmentsufferinggames I feel that I have such an abundance in my life, and once you've seen how many people suffer and how little it takes for you to actually change their lives for the better, it's hard not to do something. Wendie Malick changesufferingpeople Recognize that everyone suffers in their own life, even if you don't see it; even if you think they've got it easy. Wendy Keller sufferingeasythinking Where no guiding ideals are left to point the way, the scale of values disappears and with it the meaning of our deeds and sufferings, and at the end can lie only negation and despair. Religion is therefore the foundation of ethics, and ethics the presupposition of life. Werner Heisenberg despairsufferinglying For any sin, we all suffer. That is why our suffering is endless. Wendell Berry endlesssinsuffering Once self-killing is an acceptable answer, how do you logically limit it to the dying? What about the disabled, who may live longer and suffer more? Wesley J. Smith dyingsufferingself It has always been, and will always be true; those who do the most good suffer more than most do. Wes Fesler being-truesacrificesuffering I wondered if I might not be in the grip of demons, if they were not making me suffer for their own purposes, or simply for their enjoyment. Whitley Strieber purposesufferingmight True wisdom comes from the overcoming of suffering and sin. All true wisdom is therefore touched with sadness. Whittaker Chambers sadnesswisdomsuffering It is resignation and contentment that are best calculated to lead us safely through life. Whoever has not sufficient power to endure privations, and even suffering, can never feel that he is armor proof against painful emotions,--nay, he must attribute to himself, or at least to the morbid sensitiveness of his nature, every disagreeable feeling he may suffer. Wilhelm von Humboldt contentmentsufferingfeelings The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and raises the questions that have bothered him to the last day of his life, knowing he will never get the answers. Will Durant knowingsufferinginteresting How much more suffering is caused by the thought of death than by death itself. Will Durant thoughts-of-deathsuffering Only a Woman, divine, could know all that a woman can suffer. Willa Cather divinesufferingknows As you get older, you suffer fools less easily. That's why there's all those cranky character actors. I'm an exception. I'm a sweetheart. Willem Dafoe actorssufferingcharacter«204205206207208209210211212213214»
