Suffering Quotes
Being a Christian does not exempt us from tough training, which may mean suffering. If the training were easy, we would not be prepared for the tough days ahead.
May we store up the truths of God’s Word in our hearts as much as possible, so that we are prepared for whatever suffering we are called upon to endure.
True faith and suffering frequently go hand-in-hand . . .Living for Christ, walking in His way, will not be an easy path.
The Bible and the history of the church both demonstrate that God’s way for the suffering of His people has not always been the way of escape, but the way of endurance.
In my years of global travels, I have seen a world in pain . . . Without God’s guidance, our response to suffering is a futile attempt to find solutions to conditions that cannot be solved.
The Bible teaches that we are to be patient in suffering. Tears become telescopes to heaven, bringing eternity a little closer.
Tens of thousands of God’s saints and sufferers through the ages have found their dark nights lightened and tortured souls strengthened because they found help from the Spirit in the Word of God.
Our sufferings may be hard to bear, but they teach us lessons which, in turn, equip and enable us to help others.
Can the sin of one or a few cause suffering for many? The answer, of course, is yes, for no sin is isolated in the life of the sinner. It spreads like poison gas into every available crevice.
God is not blind. He knows about you and your problems. He knows of those who are suffering . . . and His love for His children will never leave in times of trouble.
When suffering comes, learn to trust each day into God’s hands . . . let your lips be filled with prayer and praise.
When we're inspired by the desire to practice and transform our suffering, the mind of the moment is very beautiful. Sometimes we call it the mind of love. It's because of love that we practice.
He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opportunity for good or evil, and cast away all desire. He is indeed the ultimate man.
It is intoxicating joy for the sufferer to look away from his suffering and to forget himself.
Suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of scarifice
Suffering has many faces. If we discover the roots of one suffering, we are at the same time discovering the roots of others.
we shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will. And we shall continue to love you.
Much more likely you’ll hurt me. Still what does it matter? If I’ve got to suffer, it may as well be at your hands, your pretty hands.
And yet even in reaching for the beautiful there is beauty, and also in suffering whatever it is that one suffers en route.
When someone says to us, as Thich Nhat Hanh suggests, "Darling, I care about your suffering, " a deep healing begins.
It is not the outer objects that entangle us. It is the inner clinging that entangles us." - Tilopa
... one fire burns out another’s burning.One pain is lessened by another’s anguish. -Romeo & Juliet
But they both agreed that it's always nice to know that your wife is desired by another man, although they wouldn't go any further than that.
One simple test of the claim that the pleasure in the world outweighs the pain…is to compare the feelings of an animal that is devouring another with those of the animal being devoured.
I saw that she didn't want to answer that question and so I asked again: when mouths close it's because there's something important to be said.
Suffering has its beneficial aspects. It can be an excellent teacher.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls the most massive characters are seared with scars.
Without health life is not life it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.
If nothing else, there's comfort in recognising that no matter how much we fail and sin, death will limit our suffering.
You know that your happiness and suffering depend on the happiness and suffering of others. That insight helps you not to do wrong things that will bring suffering to yourself and to other people.
I am thankful to the Lord for my redemption. I was once lost, now I am saved by grace.
Why do we come to the world, only to suffer and depart? This is a unsolved misery.
Yoga is the process of eliminating pain – pain form the body, mind and the society.
Boredom and ineffective attempts to escape tedium are the perpetual lot of humankind.
Even suffering when wrapped in love, seems tolerable.
Suffering is never wasted. Most often those who suffer the most will learn the most.
Poor God, how often He is blamed for all the suffering in theworld. It’s like praising Satan for allowing all the good that happens.
It is logical to say that ignorance seems to be the root cause of all human suffering.
Doesn't it seem that it is always by chance that these things happen, or is it because of the generosity of a shared knowledge of suffering that allows for it?
The cost of war is like an immeasurable tremor that knows no borders, its shockwaves reverberating across the world resulting in universal suffering.
When all you know is pain you don’t know that that is not normal. It is not a woman’s lot to suffer, even if we’ve been raised that
The moment we accept our pain is the moment we release our suffering. Suffering is created when we offer life resistance, and what we resist most are the experiences that bring us pain.
You can't escape the existential suffering of life as long as you are living. So get used to it.