Quotes About Suffering

The possibility to mobilize the international community to act on human suffering is what drives me every day as a photojournalist.

A person who's only suffering can't write a poem. There are choices to be made, and you need to be objective.

Verdiana was the child of poor though well-born parents, and her knowledge of the sufferings of the poor from her own experience in early years made her ever full of pity for those in need.

When someone is suffering, you have to see this in the body and the face. I say all the time that actors use their bodies like objects of war.

In the late '70s, the conditions that bands had to endure were, shall we say, not as civilized as they are today. People were a lot more aggressive back then. So there was definitely a lot of suffering for your art. But I would argue that was a good thing. Generally, people make better music when they suffer.

I would like to learn more about what I can do for my hair, because I think I don't really know; my poor hair is suffering because of my lack of knowledge.

The majority people in this country are suffering because of our membership of the E.U.

Communities are suffering, children are suffering, and our immigration policy appears in disarray.

History is with us until we learn from the suffering of the past.

I always say now it's the indifference that kills patients in the field and different populations. We have to break our indifference towards the suffering of people elsewhere.

It's a very fascinating thing for an actor to play somebody who is suffering, and you have to express the suffering, but in an inarticulate way and sometimes a dysfunctional way, through violence.

Many Russia experts note the deep and sad capacity of the Russian people for suffering.

Whether or not one has won the Nobel Prize, each of us living in contact with our fellowmen feels a joint responsibility for all forms of suffering, both physical and moral.

To a pagan, there is no purpose to suffering. As a result, he lives a life of loneliness and frustration.

My belief is that when the military is used as the sole instrument of power, that never has a good outcome. If there's no one to take ownership and develop that failed state, human suffering can be even worse than that created by the conflict itself.

The regrets I have are strong enough that I wouldn't share 'em. I think that you can't live without suffering some.

There is no way Israel will deal with the Palestinians if the Palestinians do not understand the suffering of the Jewish people.

When you watch 'Ray Donovan,' you think that it's about Hollywood, about scandal, about stars, and about trying to keep secrets. That's true, but that's also just the means by which you reveal secrets of the people suffering every day life.

As a Colombian, the only way I can relate to my country is through suffering. I hope that my children and my grandchildren will relate to the beautiful country in a way that it is positive and loving.

I believe Jews are compassionate people because of what we've suffered. We must not put that suffering onto others.

You can really examine the suffering and consequences that happen when there's a loss in a family.

I've seen suffering first-hand, and we have to make sure we relieve people's suffering.

We used to call them the storm of the century but now we're seeing what happens if we don't act fast enough - and real human beings are suffering because of that.

I think it's possible that China is ready for a serious change regarding its North Korean defector policy. Chinese people are starting to realize that so many defectors have been suffering in China, and it doesn't have to be this way.