Quotes About Suffering

That which could hunger, could starve.

She went to him. She adjusted, became a quieter more subdued person. She didn't kill, but she seemed to die a little.

But if everyone could feel everyone else's pain, who would torture? Who would cause anyone unnecessary pain?

Was an eternity of absolute ease just another name for hell?

nothing is permanent and all suffering results from our delusions of permanence

Praying makes people feel better even when there's no action they can take," he said. "I used to think that was all God was good for—to help people like my mother stand what they had to stand.

Can you find your way home, Lilith?" "We're an adaptable species," she said, refusing to be stopped, "but it's wrong to inflict suffering just because your victim can endure it.

Clay was slowly deciding to kill himself. It was slow because, in spite of everything Clay did not want to die. He was just becoming less and less able to tolerate the pain of living.

Human beings are good at creating hells for themselves, even out of richness.

Power came the way a child came -- with agony.

We're an adaptable species," she said, refusing to be stopped, "but it's wrong to inflict suffering just because your victim can endure it." "Learn

Every one knows that change is inevitable. From the second law of thermodynamics to Darwinian evolution, from Buddhism's insistence that nothing is permanent and all suffering results from our delusions of permanence to the third chapter of Ecclesiastes ("To everything there is a season"), change is part of life, of existence, of the common wisdom.

Pleasure is rare, pain is plentiful, and, delusional or not, it hurts like hell.

This would be so goddamn much easier if I weren't human," she said. "Think about it. If I weren't human, why the hell would I care whether you got raped?

I saw a woman die in childbirth once," he said. I nodded. "I never saw it, but I kept hearing about it happening. It was pretty common back then, I guess. Poor medical care or none at all." "No, medical care had nothing to do with the case I saw. This woman's master strung her up by her wrists and beat her until the baby came out of her—dropped onto the ground.

There are times when I wish I believed in hell—other than the hells we make for one another, I mean.

Dad warned us all about water stations, trying to prepare us in case we ever went out and got caught far enough from home to be tempted to stop for water. His advice: "Don't do it. Suffer. Get your rear end home." Yeah.

Every one knows that change is inevitable. From the second law of thermodynamics to Darwinian evolution, from Buddhism's insistence that nothing is permanent and all suffering results from our delusions of permanence to the third chapter of Ecclesiastes ("To everything there is a season"), change is part of life, of existence, of the common wisdom. But I don't believe we're dealing with all that that means. We haven't even begun to deal with it.

Haven't you seen the men slaves in this country who are used for breeding? They are never permitted to learn what it means to be a man. They are not permitted to care for their children.

Why do you keep trying to kill yourself?" I hadn't expected an answer so I was surprised when she spoke quietly. "Most of the time living just isn't worth the trouble.

So much agony caused, so much evil done in God's name.

She went to him. She adjusted, became a quieter more subdued person. She didn't kill, but she died a little.

L'avevo sentito morire e non ero morta. Avevo sentito il suo dolore come se fosse un essere umano, la sua vita divampare e spegnersi, eppure ero ancora viva.

Gli essere umani sono bravissimi sono bravissimi a crearsi un inferno perfino nell'abbondanza.