- Hurt
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- Nov 07, 2020
Suffering Quotes
Carrying pain, finding meaning.
One quote here describes a personal tribute - tattoos worn in memory of people suffering from hunger around the world - grounding the topic in something concrete rather than abstract. Related themes continue in Life.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Attention
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- Nov 07, 2020
Please continue to pray for and bring attention to those suffering in the ongoing Ebola crisis in West Africa.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Losing so many patients certainly was difficult, but it didn't make me feel like a failure as a physician, because I had learned that there was so much more to being a physician than curing illness. That's not the most important thing we do. The most important thing we do is enter into the suffering of others.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
In contrast, Christianity, while acknowledging the presence of suffering, declares that life can be infinitely worth living and opens the way to eternal life in fellowship with God Who so loved the world that He gave Himself in Christ.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Happiness and suffering are feelings - parts of our mind - and so their main causes are not to be found outside the mind. If we really want to be truly happy and free from suffering, we must improve our understanding of the mind.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Due to mistakenly believing that outer problems are their own problems, most people seek ultimate refuge in the wrong objects. As a result, their suffering and problems never end.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is my duty to voice the suffering of men, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain-high.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
They had both noticed that a life of dissipation sometimes gave to a face the look of gaunt suffering spirituality that a life of asceticism was supposed to give and quite often did not.
- Nov 07, 2020
All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the past, Japan through its colonial rule and aggression caused tremendous damage and suffering for the people of many countries, particularly those of Asian nations.
- Maturity
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- Nov 07, 2020
How do we know that Moses was grown up? Because he went out unto his brethren, and was ready to bear the burdens and share the plight of his people. Maturity is sensitivity to human suffering.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we look at the day-to-day suffering of the Venezuelan people, that's not about numbers: it's about human beings.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020