Quotes About Suffering

Ela encostou-lhe a boca ao ventre e ele sentiu contrair-se-lhe o sexo sob as carícias dela, refugiar-se no seu interior, fugir diante dela, cada vez mais pequeno, cada vez mais ansioso. E sabia que Kamila media pela recusa do seu corpo a amplitude do seu amor por outra mulher. Sabia que ela estava a fazer-se sofrer horrivelmente e que quanto mais sofresse mais o faria sofrer e mais se obstinaria em toca com os lábios húmidos o seu corpo sem força.

Almost from childhood, she knew that a concentration camp was nothing exceptional or startling but something very basic, a given into which we are born and from which we can escape only with the greatest of efforts, p. 137.

We believe that the greatness of man stems from the fact that he bears his fate as Atlas bore the heavens on his shoulders.

For there is nothing heavier than compas-sion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels with someone, for someone, a pain intensified by the im-agination and prolonged by a hundred echoes.

Clearly they had different concerns, but she understood that in her boyfriend's mouth the word "loneliness" took on a more abstract, a grander meaning: going though life without drawing anyone's interest; talking without being heard; suffering without stirring compassion; thus, living as she has in fact lived ever since then.

The tons of steel of the Russian tanks were nothing compared with it. For there is nothing heavier compassion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels with someone, for someone, a pain intensified by the imagination and prolonged by a hundred echoes.

For there is nothing heavier than compas­sion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels with someone, for someone, a pain intensified by the im­agination and prolonged by a hundred echoes.

Toate tonele de fier ale tancurilor ruseÈ™ti nu însemnau nimic fa?? de aceast? greutate. Nimic nu cânt?reÈ™te mai greu decât compasiunea. Nici propria noastr? durere nu ne apas? atât de greu ca durerea împ?rt??it? cu altul, pentru altul, în locul altuia, multiplicat? de imaginaÈ›ie È™i prelungit? în sute de ecouri.

One could betray one's parents, husband, country, love, but when parents husband, country, and love were gone—what was left to betray?

Som oftest søker man tilflukt til fremtiden for å unngå lidelsen. Vi forestiller oss en strek trukket tvers over tidens gang, og bortenfor den streken skal dagens lidelse opphøre å eksistere.

Ni siquiera el propio dolor es tan pesado como el dolor sentido con alguien, por alguien, para alguien, multiplicado por la imaginación, prolongado en mil ecos.

Tragedien hennes var ikke vektens, men letthetens tragedie. Det som hadde senket seg ned over henne, var ikke en byrde, men tilværelsens uutholdelige letthet.

The Greek word for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.

For nostalgia does not heighten memory's activity, it does not awaken recollections; it suffices unto itself, unto its own feelings, so fully absorbed is it by its suffering and nothing else.

Oja?enost je stanje ispunjeno patnjom, izazvano pogledom na iznenada otkrivenu vlastitu bijedu. Jedan od uobi?ajenih lijekova protiv vlastite bijede je ljubav, jer onaj ko je apsolutno voljen ne može biti bijedan. Svi njegovi nedostaci bivaju iskupljeni pod magi?nim pogledom ljubavi u kome i nesportsko plivanje glavom isturenom iznad površine vode postaje zanosno.

La añoranza no intensifica la actividad de la memoria, no suscita recuerdos, se basta a sí misma, a su propia emoción, absorbida como está por su propio sufrimiento.

But the world was too ugly, and no one decided to rise up out of the grave.

Lo que de la vida es insoportable, no es ser, sino ser su yo

Os velhos senhores reconhecem-se pelo hábito que têm de se gabar dos sofrimentos passados e de os transformarem num museu para o qual convidam visitantes (ah, esses tristes museus são tão pouco frequentados!)

His love for Tereza was beautiful, but it was also tiring: he had constantly had to hide things from her, sham, dissemble, make amends, buck her up, calm her down, give her evidence of his feelings, play the defendant to her jealousy, her suffering, and her dreams, feel guilty, make excuses and apologies. Now what was tiring had disappeared and only the beauty remained.

U subotu i u nedjelju osje?ao je slatku lako?u postojanja kako mu se približava iz dubine budu?nosti. U ponedjeljak ga je pritisnula težina kakvu do tada nikad nije osjetio. Sve one tone ?elika ruskih tenkova nisu bile ništa prema toj težini. Ništa nije teže od suosje?anja. Ni vlastita bol nije tako teška kao bol suosje?anja s nekim za nekoga, umjesto nekoga, bol višestruko umnožena kroz misaone predodžbe, bol produžena u stotinu odjeka.

Ihmisen todellinen hyvyys voi ilmetä täysin vapaasti ja puhtaana vain hänen asennoitumisessaan sellaiseen joka ei edusta mitään mahtia. Ihmiskunnan todellisen ja olennaisimman (niin syvällä piilevän ettemme näe sitä) moraalikoitoksen ratkaisee ihmisen suhtautuminen hänen armoillaan oleviin: eläimiin. Ja tässä ihminen on kärsinyt olennaisen perustappion josta kaikki muut tappiot johtuvat.

Estaba completamente encerrada en sí misma y en su sufrimiento. ¿Podía sacarla de su cerrazón al menos la visión del sufrimiento de otors? No. Porque el sufrimiento de los otros ocurría en un mundo que se le había ido de las manos, que ya no era suyo.

Querer a alguien por compasion significa no quererlo de verdad.... tener compasion significa saber vivir con otro su desgracia, pero tambien sentir con el cualquier otro sentimiento: alegria, angustia, felicidad, dolor.