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Letter "T" » The Suffering
«Since my accident I am a little more mindful of the suffering of other people»
«Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.»
Author: Paulo Coelho
| About:
Dreams,
Heart
| Keywords:
In Search Of, search, suffered, The Fear, The Suffering
«Sex is unclean, not because of the pleasure, but because of the suffering it brings»
«My children cause me the most exquisite suffering of which I have any experience. It is the suffering of ambivalence: the murderous alternation between bitter resentment and raw-edged nerves, and blissful gratification and tenderness. Sometimes I seem to myself, in my feelings toward these tiny guiltless beings, a monster of selfishness and intolerance.»
Author: Adrienne Rich
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alternation, ambivalence, blissful, edged, exquisite, gratification, guiltless, intolerance, monster, murderous, nerves, raw, resentment, selfishness, tenderness, The Suffering, tiny
«Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.»
Author: Albert Schweitzer
(Missionary, Musician, Philosopher, Theologian)
| Keywords:
occasionally, sight, spare, The Suffering
«Reconciliation is to understand both sides; to go to one side and describe the suffering being endured by the other side, and then go to the other side and describe the suffering being endured by the first side.»
Author: Thich Nhat Hanh
(Activist, Monk, Writer)
| Keywords:
describe, endured, one-sided, Other side, reconciliation, sides, The other side, The Suffering
«Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Life,
Passion
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governed, longing, overwhelmingly, passions, pity, search, The Search, The Suffering, unbearable
«SORCERY, n. The ancient prototype and forerunner of political influence. It was, however, deemed less respectable and sometimes was punished by torture and death. Augustine Nicholas relates that a poor peasant who had been accused of sorcery was put to the torture to compel a confession. After enduring a few gentle agonies the suffering simpleton admitted his guilt, but naively asked his tormentors if it were not possible to be a sorcerer without knowing it.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
accused, agonies, Augustine, compel, deemed, forerunner, forerunners, naively, Nicholas, prototype, prototypes, simpleton, simpletons, sorcerer, sorcerers, sorcery, The Suffering, tormentor
«The suffering of either sex / of the male who is unable, because of the way in which he was reared, to take the strong initiating or patriarchal role that is still demanded of him, or of the female who has been given too much freedom of movement as a child to stay placidly within the house as an adult / this suffering, this discrepancy, this sense of failure in an enjoined role, is the point of leverage for social change.»
Author: Margaret Mead
| Keywords:
adult male, demanded, discrepancies, discrepancy, enjoin, enjoined, female child, freedom of movement, initiate, initiated, initiating, leverage, leveraged, patriarchal, placidly, reared, social change, strong point, The Suffering
«O mind, love the Lord, as the fish loves the water. The more the water, the more the happiness, and the greater the peace of mind and body. Without water, she cannot live, even for an instant. God knows the suffering of her mind.»
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