Quotes by Suffering All religions and cultures suffer from sources that preach hate against the 'other.' Throughout history some have, tragically, practiced what their sources preached, while some have sought to dismiss or even counteract the hateful words of their sources. Alan Dershowitz hatesufferingculture That's when civil liberty suffers - when we think special times justify the diminution of civil liberties. And I'm not going to accept that. Alan Dershowitz sufferingspecialthinking If a person holds no ambitions in this world, he suffers unknowingly. If a person holds ambitions, he suffers knowingly, but very slowly. Alan Lightman ambitionsufferingworld I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi. For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering. Alan Paton sufferingchristianbelieve Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it. Alan Perlis life-and-lovegeniussuffering We live in a culture where it has been rubbed into us in every conceivable way that to die is a terrible thing. And that is a tremendous disease from which our culture in particular suffers. Alan Watts diseasesufferingculture If we live, we live; if we die, we die; if we suffer, we suffer; if we are terrified, we are terrified. There is no problem about it. Alan Watts problemacceptancesuffering If to enjoy even an enjoyable present we must have the assurance of a happy future, we are “crying for the moon.” We have no such assurance. The best predictions are still matters of probability rather than certainty, and to the best of our knowledge every one of us is going to suffer and die. If, then, we cannot live happily without an assured future, we are certainly not adapted to living in a finite world where, despite the best plans, accidents will happen, and where death comes at the end. Alan Watts moonsufferingworld But we must not suffer over the suffering. Alan Watts adversitysuffering We suffer from a hallucination, from a false and distorted sensation of our own existence as living organisms. Most of us have the sensation that "I myself" is a seperate center of feeling and action, living inside and bounded by the physical body-a center which "confronts" an "external" world of people and things, making contact through the senses with a universe both alien and strange. Alan Watts sufferingfeelingspeople Coping with the demands of everyday life would be exceedingly trying if one could arrive at solutions to problems only by actually performing possible options and suffering the consequences. Albert Bandura everydaysufferingtrying When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune. Albert Camus too-muchsoulsuffering No matter what cause one defends, it will suffer permanent disgrace if one resorts to blind attacks on crowds of innocent people. Albert Camus crowdssufferingpeople It is not humiliating to be unhappy. Physical suffering is sometimes humiliating, but the suffering of being cannot be, it is life. Albert Camus happiness-and-loveunhappysuffering But - I cannot make a choice. I have my own sorrow, but I suffer with him, too; I share his pain. I understand all - that is my trouble. Albert Camus painchoicessuffering Men cry because things are not what they ought to be. Albert Camus crysufferingmen The world I live in is loathsome to me, but I feel one with the men who suffer in it Albert Camus sufferingmenworld ... there are two types of happiness and I have chosen that of the murderers. For I am happy. There was a time when I thought I had reached the limit of distress. Beyond that limit, there is a sterile and magnificent happiness. Albert Camus sufferinghappinesstwo At a certain level of suffering or injustice no one can do anything for anyone. Pain is solitary. Albert Camus levelspainsuffering A writer cannot put himself today in service of those who make history; he is at the service of those who suffer it. Albert Camus sufferingwritingtoday«1234567891011»
