Suffering Quotes

I suffer migraines. I do not suffer fools.

Being rewarded for anything other than the quality of their work is the fastest way to screw-up a writer-and it isn't only new ones who suffer from that.

Some people claim that expectations are the reason for unhappiness. However, I can assure you from personal experience that you’ll suffer greatly by setting subpar targets.

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one day be required to suffer.

USA is suffering between imperialists and anti-imperialists. That is the situation. The most powerful country in the world is on its way back to the Stone Age.

When two cultures collide is the only time when true suffering exists.

Because when some people are invisible, everyone suffers.

O, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer!

Where the greater malady is fixed, The lesser is scarce felt.

Happiness and suffering are states of mind, and so their main causes cannot be found outside the mind.

The cross means suffering. Suffering's meaning is to be learned through the cross.

Mens fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.

Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it.

I think for an artist there are so many things to make pictures of now, that everyone else may be suffering, but at least artists will just be stimulated by it all.

Call not that man wretched, who whatever ills he suffers, has a child to love.

I see men's judgments are A parcel of their fortunes; and things outward Do draw the inward quality after them, To suffer all alike.

It's nice to be happy. But the meaning of life is meaning - what's the impact you're having on the world. Suffering to accomplish that is a perfectly fine thing.

Bear patiently, my heart, for you have suffered heavier things.

Just remember it's the birds that's supposed to suffer, not the hunter.

Rare is the man who suffers no remorse as he passes from the state of confidant to that of rival.

A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.

A fuel prices remain unstable and our nation's highways and airports suffer ever-increasing congestion and delays, Amtrak offers an invaluable alternative upon which Americans have come to rely

Truth suffers no loss if a vehement youth fails in finding it, in the same way that virtue and religion suffer no detriment if a criminal denies them.

Every little girl knows about love. It is only her capacity to suffer because of it that increases.

No perfect solution is, not merely in practice, but in principle, possible in human affairs, and any determined attempt to produce it is likely to lead to suffering, disillusionment and failure.

Patience is the ability to suffer a long time under the mistreatment of others without growing resentful or bitter.

...children have the resilience to outlive their sufferings, if given a chance.

At this time let us be exceedingly mindful that bearing one another's burdens and sharing one another's suffering is integral to being members of Christ's body.

Anything that I undergo, I look at as redemptive suffering.

I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions, and that the return of this information to the public marks my end.

Never underestimate the ruthlessness of the ego to keep you in a state of suffering in which you voluntarily participate.

Many people today in the developed countries are so far removed from poverty and suffering and starvation that they lack empathy for the sufferings of others.

Humans will always endure suffering - even accepting the fact that we're going to die will cause us suffering, and from that stems a little pessimism and negativity that all of us are susceptible to.

Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.

If you suffer in love, if you have problems in love, it's because you don't have enough humility.

I frequently lock myself in my studio. I do not often see the people I love, and in the end I shall suffer for it... painting is one's private life.

No true search for enlightenment ignores the suffering of other sentient beings. Ever. We simply need to create a way to address that suffering while remaining in a blissful center.

It is human nature to seek revenge in the face of relentless suffering. You can’t expect an unhealthy person to think logically.

Nirvana is the center of things; then there are the outer bandings of attention. The universe is a mind. At the center of its mind is nirvana.

The inner aspects of reincarnation have to do with where you put your mind. The more expansive state of mind you enter into, the less suffering there is.

The circumstances which a man encounters with suffering are the result of his own mental inharmony.

A well-off plastic surgeon can suffer just as much as an Irish lad who has been abused or whatever.

The power of faith to ease our suffering is God's love.

What do you know of my heart? What do you know of anything but your own suffering?

Desire, said the Buddha, is the cause of suffering. But without desire, what delight?

Our very wretchedness grows dear to us when suffering for one we love.

The abuse of love, like the abuse of health, brings suffering and death in its train.

I've wrecked and ravaged half my life in the pursuit of women, and I suffer the pangs of about seventeen regrets -- the seventeen who got away.

I suffer from Irish-Catholic guilt. Guilt is a good reality check. It keeps that ‘do what makes you happy’ thing in check.

It is better, saith the law, to suffer a mischief that is peculiar to one, than an inconvenience that may prejudice many.