Quotes About Suffering

For years, I had fought against my heart, because I was afraid of sadness, suffering, and abandonment. But now I knew that true love was above all that and that it would be better to die than to fail to love. I had thought that only others had the courage to love. But now I discovered that I too was capable of loving. Even if loving meant leaving, or solitude, or sorrow, love was worth every penny of its price.

Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.

Even worse are those people who say: I'm happy because I'm sacrificing my life for those I love. And do you think that people who love us want to see us suffering for their sakes? Do you tink that love is a source of suffering? To be honest, yes Well, it shouldn't be

But ultimately there is no good reason for our suffering, for in every love lies the seed of our growth. The more we love, the closer we come to spiritual experience.

Esperar duele. Olvidar duele. Pero el peor de los sufrimientos es no saber qué decisión tomar.

I know that God is putting me through the fire of afflictions. I've accepted the blows that life has dealt me, and sometimes I feel as cold and indifferent as the water that inflicts such pain on the steel. But my one prayer is this: 'Please, God, my Mother, don't give up until I've taken on the shape that you wish for me. Do this by whatever means you think best, for as long as you like but never ever throw me on the scrap heap of souls.

tormented souls have this incredible ability to recognize and approach one another, thus compounding their grief.

if pain must come, may it come quickly. because i have a life to live, and i need to live it in the best possible. if he has to make a choice, may he make it now. then i will either wait for him or forget him. waiting is painful. forgetting is painful. but not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.

Why don't people's hearts tell them to continue to follow their dreams? the boy asked the alchemist. Because that's what makes a heart suffer most, and hearts don't like to suffer.

Comme cela arrive, d'ailleurs, à la plupart des gens en ce monde : ils recherchent la souffrance là où ils trouveraient les joies les plus grandes, parce qu'ils croient qu'ils ne méritent pas le bonheur.

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.

Well, maybe I just want to know the future so I can prepare myself for what's coming. If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise, said the seer. If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur.

when god wants to drive a person insane, he grants that person's every wish

Mi corazón tiene miedo de sufrir -dijo el muchacho al Alquimista, una noche en que miraban al cielo sin luna. -Explícale que el miedo a sufrir es peor que el propio sufrimiento.

Suffering when cannot be avoided, is to help your way to glory....all rivers flow into the same sea.

People might be angry, stressed, or grieving over a broken heart—and in the latter case, they might think they're depressed and in need of medicines and drugs—but they're not. They're just suffering from a broken heart, and there have been broken hearts ever since the world began, ever since man discovered that mysterious thing called Love.

My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky. "Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.

There's something very wrong with this world, and it isn't just the wars going on in Asia or the Middle East.

my heart is afraid that it will have to suffer

It's just a storm in a tea cup,' someone says The cup of suffering is not the same size for everyone.

Those who look on other people's misery with indifference are the most miserable of all.

God...never again allow me to be satisfied with only my own company. [May I] never feel afraid of needing someone, or of suffering. For there is no suffering worse than the dark grey room where pain cannot reach...

In theory, every loss is for our own good; in practice, though, that is when we question the existence of God and ask ourselves: What did I do to deserve this?

Je glücklicher die Menschen sein können, desto unglücklicher werden sie.