Quotes by Suffering It is human nature to seek revenge in the face of relentless suffering. You can’t expect an unhealthy person to think logically. Izzeldin Abuelaish revengesufferingthinking I have begun to feel that there is a tendency in 20th Century science to forget that there will be a 21st Century science, and indeed a 30th Century science, from which vantage points our knowledge of the universe may appear quite different than it does to us. We suffer, perhaps, from temporal provincialism, a form of arrogance that has always irritated posterity. J. Allen Hynek arrogancesufferingdoe The USDHEW calculates that 7% of all patients suffer compensable injuries while hospitalized .....One out of every five patients admitted to a typical research hospital acquires an iatrogenic (Caused by the treatment process) disease, one case in thirty leading to death. Half of these episodes result from complications of drug therapy; amazingly, one in ten come from diagnostic procedures. Ivan Illich drugsufferingdark Just as Daniel Balalcazar said, it makes no sense to suffer in advance a misfortune that may never occur. Isabel Allende sufferingsaidmay Congratulations, love. You traded up. Does he treat you well?' 'He's a teddy bear,' I said. Teddy bear looked like he was suffering from murder withdrawal. (Rene and Kate on Jim!) Ilona Andrews congratulationssufferinglove-you The new experience that has replaced dignified suffering is artificially prolonged, opaque, depersonalized maintenance. Ivan Illich maintenancenew-experiencessuffering Culture makes pain tolerable by interpreting it's necessity; only pain perceived as curable is intolerable. Ivan Illich painsufferingculture Happiness is pure kitch; we come into the world to suffer and learn. Isabel Allende puresufferingworld He who would reach the desired goal must, while a boy, suffer and labor much and bear both heat and cold. Horace goalsufferingboys Many people want payback and to see others suffer. Forgiveness is the key to freedom. You can choose to be enslaved and burdened or you can choose to be free. It's a choice. Forgiveness is a state of being. So once you do it, it alters who you are and the way you can be in the world. Iyanla Vanzant choicessufferingpeople Suffering is getting what you do not want while wanting what you do not get. J. I. Packer inevitablesufferingwant Never underestimate the ruthlessness of the ego to keep you in a state of suffering in which you voluntarily participate. Iyanla Vanzant ruthlessnessegosuffering True leaders must be willing to suffer for the sake of objectives great enough to demand their wholehearted obedience. J. Oswald Sanders demandleadersuffering The true artist is quite rational as well as imaginative and knows what he is doing; if he does not, his art suffers. Isaac Asimov sufferingdoeart In order to be cruel we have to close our hearts to the suffering of the other. J. M. Coetzee sufferingheartorder Because there is something helpless and weak and innocent - something like an infant - deep inside us all that really suffers in ways we would never permit an insect to suffer. Jack Abbott innocencesufferingway Our Lord even gives you suffering that you might share the comfort you receive from Him with somebody who is suffering! J. Vernon McGee sufferingcomfortgiving I'm no politician but I do feel that a lot of damage was done because of misguided principals and America is still suffering from it. Jack Bruce donesufferingamerica Having gone through what I went through, watching my family be torn to shreds and my children suffer immensely, I can't be the agent of doing that to someone else. I can't be the agent of causing someone to go to prison. Jack Abramoff sufferinggonechildren The children of God all have a cross to bear. A suffering Savior generally has suffering disciples. J. C. Ryle sufferingbearschildren«8687888990919293949596»
