Quotes About Suffering

I already have no point of view except that of the fallen. I have no individuality, because I'm a deadened thing.

No one is kind to me; no one asks me what's wrong.

I have no needs. No country, no continent, no hope. I sit in blackness where I once lived. In magic, the only force I recognize. What is it? a face cries, skittering away. All that's left, I reply

Death is beautiful, the way you are . . . If it's so beautiful why must I live now, live first?

How much have you suffered? It isn't just, is it? No it's not

Lutamos muito para ter um ego, mas se nos identificamos com ele, esquecemos o self, negando-o por ignorância ou orgulho até que nosso sofrimento se torne insuportável.

being dragged along crippled over things as if broken-winged

Because horror on Earth is real and it is every day. It is like a flower or like the sun; it cannot be contained.

I live in a world where two truths coexist: where both hell and hope lie in the palm of my hand

The pain in my stomach had come back and in the form of birds trying to peck their way out of my body.

Politically, the world is so confused right now - there's so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government.

I don't understand it," I continued. "These things, they just keep happening, and I know it has to mean something. It has to. I want my suffering to mean something. I want this pain to matter.

Even the notion of "quality of life" as a measurable standard is based on assumptions that a "good" healthy life is one without disability, pain, and suffering. I live with all three intimately, and I feel more vital than ever at this point in time because of my experiences and relationships. Vulnerable "high-risk" people are some of the strongest, most interdependent, and most resilient people around.

We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be." —C. S. Lewis (1898–1963)3

Jesus' true strength was not revealed in his ability to teach and lead the multitudes. It was manifested in his willingness to make himself nothing, to suffer, and to die. I had enough strength to exhaust myself studying, mentoring, and teaching, but I did not possess sufficient strength to be nothing.

No matter how we rationalize, God will sometimes seem unfair from the perspective of a person trapped in time. . . . Not until history has run its course will we understand how 'all things work together for good.' Faith means believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse." — PHILIP YANCEY

To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.

Dear Lord, can you take it away... This pain in my heart that follows me day by day, and at night it stalks me like the shadows on my wall.

Cuando recibió el primer disparo, no le dolió nada. Por un instante creyó que tenía una flor grande, roja y caliente sobre el pecho, la quiso coger para llevarle a su madre, pero estaba maniatado; sin embargo, todos le vieron sonreír, y cayó muerto. De 'Tobita', p.48.

She ached: oh, how she ached. Her soul was like one big bruise.

It's not your fault there is evil in the world" Cadvan to Maerad

It is the pain of being in the world, where so much that is fair passes into death and forgetfulness. But if we are to know joy, we must embrace that pain. You cannot have one without the other." Maerad nodded, her face downcast. Sometimes, it seemed to her, the pain far outweighed the joy.

You have a great heart, but will only find it to be so through great pain. This is the wisdom of love, and its doubtful gift. . . . I have endured much suffering and still remain unbitter and unclosed.

The hurt's the same. The wound never heals. The details never fade.