I am ashamed of the race of beings to which I belong. It is so cruel and bigoted, so hypocritical, so soulless and insane. I would rather be an insect ... a bee or a butterfly ... and float in dim dreams among the wild-flowers of summer than be a man and feel the horrible and ghastly wrongs and sufferings of this wretched world.
Quotes about sufferings (16 Quotes)
Let a man leave anger, let him forsake pride, let him overcome all bondage No sufferings befall the man who is not attached to name and form, and who calls nothing his own.
The election program that we have raised is one for change and reform and we are determined to implement it with transparency, especially in the public administration and financial institutions for the sake of rebuilding our nation and alleviating the economic sufferings of our people.
What is meant by calling the writings of Moses and the Prophets the 'Old Testament' Do they not set forth the covenant of grace The doctrine of justification by faith does not Paul in his Epistle to the Romans prove it from Genesis and from the Psalms Where is the doctrine of substitution and the vicarious sufferings of the Messiah set forth more clearly than in Leviticus and in the 53rd of Isaiah The term 'Old Testament' leads people to fancy it is an antiquated book whereas, in many respects, it is newer than the New Testament, referring more fully to the age of glory and blessedness on the earth which is still before us.
Let a nation's fervent thanks make some amends for the toils and sufferings of those who survive.
And poets by their sufferings grow, As if there were no more to do, To make a poet excellent, But only want and discontent.
It is my duty to voice the suffering of men, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain-high.
I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world may still know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the contemplation of his beloved. In a position of utter desolation, when a man cannot express himself in positive action, when his only achievement may consist in enduring his sufferings in the right way an honorable way in such a position man can, through loving contemplation of the image he carries of his beloved, achieve fulfillment.
It's from our sufferings that we form our consciousness.
The awful wrongs and sufferings forced upon the innocent, helpless, faithful animal race, form the blackest chapter in the whole world's history.
Helen, whose spirit was of softer mould,
Whose sufferings too were less, death slowlier led
Into the peace of his dominion cold.
But as to women, who can penetrate the real sufferings of their she condition Man's very sympathy with their estate has much of selfishness and more suspicion. Their love, their virtue, beauty, education, but form good housekeepers, to breed a nation.
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings with joy.
Every European visitor to the United States is struck by the comparative rarity of what he would call a face, by the frequency of men and women who look like elderly babies. If he stays in the States for any length of time, he will learn that this cannot be put down to a lack of sensibility -- the American feels the joys and sufferings of human life as keenly as anybody else. The only plausible explanation I can find lies in his different attitude to the past. To have a face, in the European sense of the word, it would seem that one must not only enjoy and suffer but also desire to preserve the memory of even the most humiliating and unpleasant experiences of the past.
Among their attributes renouncing both worlds from their hearts, and preferring their brethren among God's creatures to what they possess relying upon God Most High in all their affairs being content with everything that happens to them which the ego detests and bearing patiently sufferings and separation from one's homeland. They dissociate themselves from creatures without believing that there is evil in them, but rather out of preference for the Creator over creatures. They sever relationships, surmount obstacles, and strive in fulfilling the needs of people after emptying themselves for whosoever strives to do that before emptying himself is actually seeking leadership and a good reputation.
I have survived by representing these sufferings of mine in the form of the novel.