Quotes by Suffering If we define a misanthrope as 'someone who does not suffer fools and likes to see fools suffer,' we have described a person with something to look forward to. Florence King foolsufferingdoe That Religion is not devotion, but work and suffering for the love of God; this is the true doctrine of Mystics. Florence Nightingale doctrinegod-lovesuffering There's no way that I know of to avoid pain absolutely, but suffering is the interpretation we choose to place on the pain we encounter. Florynce Kennedy encounterspainsuffering For valuing your own suffering sets on it the gold of a sun of pride. Suffering a lot can originate the illusion of being the Chosen of Pain. Fernando Pessoa painpridesuffering ...the only thing that makes the Church endurable is that it is somehow the body of Christ and that on this we are fed. It seems to be a fact that you have to suffer as much from the Church as for it but if you believe in the divinity of Christ, you have to cherish the world at the same time that you struggle to endure it. Flannery O'Connor sufferingstrugglebelieve A prizefighter who gets knocked out or is badly outclassed suffers in a way he will never forget. Floyd Patterson never-forgetsufferingway I don't suffer fools, and I like to see fools suffer. Florence King foolsufferinginspirational You've got to suffer for your art sometimes! Ford Kiernan sufferingsometimesart It is not merely that people must die and people must suffer, if not here, then there. But what is dreadful is that the world goes on and people go on being stupidly cruel - in the old ways and all the time. Ford Madox Ford sufferinggoes-onpeople Members in the Commonwealth of God are not bound together by the specifics of their religion, for the nature of our interdependency does not require this. Rather we are bound by the shared recognition that when one person suffers, all suffer; when we violate one life, all lives are violated; when we pollute the earth, all living things are stained; when one nation threatens the security of another, it, too, becomes less secure; when we place the planet in mortal danger, we hazard the future of our own children as well as the children of our enemies. Forrest Church sufferingchildrenenemy You don't serve God by saying: the Church is ineffective, I'll have none of it. Your pain at its lack of effectiveness is a sign of your nearness to God. We help overcome this lack of effectiveness simply by suffering on account of it. Flannery O'Connor effectivenesspainsuffering Intense love is often akin to intense suffering. Frances Harper intensesufferinglove I travel, work, suffer my weak health, meet with a thousand difficulties, but all these are nothing, for this world is so small. To me, space is an imperceptible object, as I am accustomed to dwell in eternity. Frances Xavier Cabrini spacesufferingworld I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one. Francesca Annis usedpridesuffering So much of what we are currently seeing as far as human suffering and misery comes from diseases that should have been preventable but were not. Francis Collins diseasesufferingshould-have When I think of the happiness that is in store for me, every sorrow, every pain becomes dear to me. Francis of Assisi painsufferingthinking Tinys do not deserve safety. If they are to prove themselves, they must suffer and die or suffer and survive. Francesca Lia Block provesafetysuffering When a living system is suffering from ill health, the remedy is found by connecting with more of itself. Francisco Varela ill-healthsufferingfound The writing that most interests me isn't about narcos or sicarios or police or whatever. It's about the victims and the survivors, and about the suffering and trauma that so many in Mexico and Central America endure, and that is all around us whether we notice it or not. Francisco Goldman policesufferingwriting That love of self, which the world advocates, is a thousand times more dangerous than any poison. Francois Fenelon poisonsufferingself«5859606162636465666768»
