Quotes by Suffering When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward. Hermann Hesse investingenoughsuffering Suffering doesn't improve human beings, does it? Herta Muller humanssufferingdoe I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us. Hermann Hesse vexdisappointmentsuffering Only fools need suffer to learn. Hesiod foolsufferingneeds Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one's share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen. Herodotus sufferingevilheart O suffering, sad humanity! O ye afflicted ones, who lie Steeped to the lips in misery, Longing, yet afraid to die, Patient, though sorely tried! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow sufferinghumanitylying Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds. Hesiod citiessufferingmen God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself. Herodotus presumptionsufferingdoe He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace. Hesiod victorysufferingmen Mens fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever. Herodotus wheelssufferingmen All life was a breath exhaled by God. All dying was a breath inhaled by God. Hermann Hesse dyingsufferinglife-is One of the traditional Tantric methods of mediation is to imagine that you are taking on the suffering of all beings. Frederick Lenz imaginecompassionsuffering The forces which are working out the great scheme of perfect happiness, taking no account of incidental suffering, exterminate such sections of mankind as stand in their way, with the same sternness that they exterminate beasts of prey and herds of useless ruminants. Herbert Spencer work-outsufferingperfect A nation that knows how to work will never suffer. Henry Ford know-howsufferingknows It is the greatest and the tallest of trees that the gods bring low with bolts and thunder. For the gods love to thwart whatever is greater than the rest. They do not suffer pride in anyone but themselves. Herodotus pridesufferingtree The earth should not be injured. The earth should not be destroyed. As often as the elements, the elements of the world are violated by ill treatment, so God will cleanse them thru the sufferings, thru the hardships of mankind. Hildegard of Bingen ill-treatmentelementssuffering We have resolved to endure the unendurable and suffer what is insufferable. Hirohito unendurablemilitarysuffering Endure what is difficult to endure and to suffer what is difficult to suffer. Hirohito enduredifficultsuffering The tragedy of our lives is that, while we suffer from the wounds afflicted on us by those who love us, we cannot avoid wounding those we want to love. Henri Nouwen tragedysufferingwant The fool learns by suffering. Hesiod copingfoolsuffering«8081828384858687888990»
