Quotes on Suffering

The most important thing is that we need to be understood. We need someone to be able to listen to us and to understand us. Then we will suffer less.

Inquiry is human; blind obedience brutal. Truth never loses by the one but often suffers by the other.

The secret to happiness, at least to peace of mind, is knowing how to separate sex from love. And, if possible, eliminating romantic love from your life, which is the love that makes you suffer. That way, I assure you, you live with greater tranquility and enjoy things more.

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

In a world where there is so much noise, so much bewilderment, there is a need for silent adoration of Jesus concealed in the Host. Be assiduous in the prayer of adoration and teach it to the faithful. It is a source of comfort and light, particularly to those who are suffering.

We need to 'go out,' then, in order to experience our own anointing, its power and its redemptive efficacy: to the 'outskirts' where there is suffering, bloodshed, blindness that longs for sight, and prisoners in thrall to many evil masters.

Consumers still buy products whose advertising promises them value for money, beauty, nutrition, relief from suffering, social status and so on.

From suffering that has been/ Decreed no man will ever find escape

No one is alone during tribulations - there's always someone else thinking, rejoicing or suffering in the same way. This thought gives us strength to face the challenge that lies in front of us.

The cup of suffering is not the same size for everyone.

Our selfishness will condemn us to the worst suffering that we ourselves have invented - loneliness.

And he never judges someone else's suffering.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

The design process is about designing and prototyping and making. When you separate those, I think the final result suffers.

Reality is no less precious if it presents itself to someone else. All are discoverers, and if we disenfranchise any, all suffer.

Pain is certain, suffering is optional.

So you would rather suffer an injustice than do an injustice?

God so loved us and hates suffering that he was willing to come down and get involved in it.

We do not have to make ourselves suffer in order to merit forgiveness. We simply receive the forgiveness earned by Christ. 1 John 1:9 says that God forgives us because He is ‘just.’ That is a remarkable statement. It would be unjust of God to ever deny us forgiveness, because Jesus earned our acceptance! In religion we earn our forgiveness with our repentance, but in the gospel we just receive it.