#suffering

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#every #form #four #friends #illness

Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death. ↗

— Buddha

#health #image #life #only #state

It is by suffering that human beings become angels. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#become #beings #human #human beings #suffering

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#heart #inspiration #itself #means #shall

Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can. ↗

— Princess Diana

#doing #i #i can #i see #see

Michael Vick may enjoy watching dogs fight. Someone else may find that repulsive but see nothing wrong with eating an animal who has had a life as full of pain and suffering as the lives of the fighting dogs. It's strange that we regard the latter as morally different from, and superior to, the former. ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#different #dogs #eating #else #enjoy

Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#ennoble #necessarily #suffering #you

One principle I've been fighting for that doesn't endear me to a lot of people is that black people can be just as complicated and screwed up as white people. Our motives can be just as base and violent. Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#been #black #complicated #does #ennoble

In contrast, Christianity, while acknowledging the presence of suffering, declares that life can be infinitely worth living and opens the way to eternal life in fellowship with God Who so loved the world that He gave Himself in Christ. ↗

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

#christ #christianity #contrast #declares #eternal