Quotes About Suffering

In a medical context, such an etiology can mean that some Hindus would welcome suffering rather than try to alleviate it. Palliative care, for example, may not be desirable if the Hindu believes that her suffering is the expression and manifestation of p?pa (demeritorious) karma. A Hindu may believe that relieving suffering may merely delay the manifestation of p?pa karma. The relief, then, would only be temporary and may even incur more p?pa and prolong or intensify the inescapable.

I came to understand later that the requirement to extirpate anger in the Buddhist and Stoic cases has to do with the primacy of ethics in both philosophies. The aim of ethics is to do good, to reduce pain and suffering (dukkha), and, if possible, to bring happiness in its stead. Anger, at least in one standard mode, aims to hurt, to do harm, to inflict suffering. And one should never aim to do that.

Perhaps the greatest threat to any sense of coherence to reality is posed by the existence of pain and suffering. Christianity provides a series of mental maps that allow for illness and suffering to be seen as coherent, meaningful, and potentially positive in terms of fostering personal growth and development.

Such Christian frameworks of meaning encourage a positive expectation on the part of believers that something may be learned and gained through illness and suffering.

Epictetus suggests that those who fall into circumstances they wish to avoid are those who suffer misfortune, by which he means that much suffering comes from a disconnect between what you want to happen and what actually happens. Or, as the Stoics would say, what is in accordance to nature as opposed to contrary to nature.

The New Testament frequently affirms that the Christian hope of eternal life in the future is linked with the experience of suffering in the present, and sees this link as expressed in the story of Christ's passion and crucifixion: "We share in [Christ's] sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory" (Romans 8:17).

I hated war. Who cared, after all, which side won? The only important thing was to end it all soon as possible: rather an unjust peace, than a "just" war! I

The torment of love can transform people into wretched monsters

Y cuanto mas intensamente ames, más intenso será el dolor futuro.

Te pasas el tiempo curando a la gente, pero ahogas tus heridas en el alcohol de tus propias lágrimas.

Me siento como un pájaro desplumado al que dijeses "ahora a volar", cuando ya solo respirar me parece complicado

Tout le plaisir et toute la joie que l'amour peut faire ressentir se paient un jour ou l'autre en souffrances. Et plus on aime fort, plus la douleur à venir sera décuplée. Tu connaîtras le manque, puis les affres de la jalousie, de l'incompréhension, la sensation de rejet et d'injustice.

Un giorno o l'altro, tutto il piacere e la gioia che l'amore può suscitare si pagano con la sofferenza. E più si ama intensamente e più il dolore sarà moltiplicato. Sperimenterai l'assenza, poi i tormenti della gelosia, dell'incomprensione, infine la sensazione del rifiuto e dell'ingiustizia. Avrai freddo nelle ossa e il sangue formerà dei ghiaccioli che sentirai passare sotto la pelle. La meccanica del tuo cuore esploderà.

Cómo podía resistir así, ella que estaba desarmada? Yo no me veía abandonándola. Ella me aceptaba tal como era. Me había aceptado cargado de demonios, más angustiosos unos que los otros. Los había enganchado a los suyos y avanzaba. No me veía haciéndole lo que yo había sufrido que me hiciesen.

Pero ante todos la felicidad me asusta. Soy consciente del dolor que puede causar.

Creo que después de haberme encendido y apagado tantas veces, mi cuerpo ya no soporta el amor.

A thorn in your side is better than a thorn in your soul.

Love is blind, but a broken heart sees everything.

What inflates the heart deflates the soul.

Come, see real flowers of this painful world.

And For You Zero, A Life Sized Vudu Doll" -Kaname Kuran "I DONT WANT IT!" -Zero Kiryu "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" -Juri Elizabeth Marin

Some folks, he said, seem to want to seek out the things that destroy them. Called an achimist, a fancy word, but a true one.

Science has demonstrated that some athletes have a higher tolerance for pain and suffering than others do, and that those who have a higher tolerance are more accepting of these sensations.

His key insight was that yearning, or wishing things were different than they are, is the root of all suffering, and that letting go of this desire is the secret to happiness.