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“she had also witnessed a courage which far exceeded endurance, a joy which transcended pain and the manner in which suffering could be the medicine which deepened people's humanity”

Book:Mother Teresa: A Complete Authorized Biography

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“I don't know who it was, but someone, maybe or maybe not Henry James, said that there are two kinds of people in the world: those who upon seeing someone else suffering think, That could happen to me, and those who think, That will never happen to me. The first kind of people help us to endure, the second kind make life hell.”

Suffering Humanity

Book:What Are You Going Through

Source: What Are You Going Through

“You are suffering from yourself. Others are just a symptom.”

Life Pain Suffering Buddhism Ego Misery Karma Hinduism

Author:Shunya

“Some people are lucky to no longer be, and some are unlucky to still be, alive.”

Life Pain Death Suffering Pessimism Stoicism Euthanasia Terminal Disease Mercy Killing Terminal Diseases

Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Going through means that we have to experience what we not wish to experience, for to flee it is even worse.”

Suffering

Book:Hauntings: Dispelling the Ghosts Who Run Our Lives

Source: Hauntings: Dispelling the Ghosts Who Run Our Lives

“There are animals that are ruminants, like water buffalo and cows. After chewing and swallowing, they bring up the food again and they chew and swallow it again. There are people who continue to consume the suffering of the past in that way. They spend their time during the day ruminating over their own suffering from the past.”

Suffering

Book:The Mindfulness Survival Kit: Five Essential Practices

Source: The Mindfulness Survival Kit: Five Essential Practices

“Wounds only attract flies. Pain attracts more dark and negative energies. But deep inside you, the sun of humility rises. Dwell there as long as you can. Because that’s where prayer happens. That’s where the divine energies come and bring about a miraculous healing.”

Life Pain Religion Suffering Humility Divine Wounds Hinduism

Author:Shunya

“Expectations are like tall buildings with no stairs or elevators. People pelt you into high floors but there is no way to come down. You try to keep living there and suffer.”

Life Suffering Spirituality Freedom Promise Expectations

Author:Shunya

“Scarlet watched a leaf fall to the ground, lying dead amoung the other leaves on the forest floor. "A brief life seems pointless." Tristan thought for a moment. "Isn't that what life is, though? A brief opportunity to exist? A short gift?”

Life Truth Death

Book:Anew

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“Being forced to endure torture rather than dreamless sleep, or an otherwise neutral state, would be a tragedy of a fundamentally different kind than being forced to “endure” a neutral state instead of a state of maximal bliss.”

Suffering Ethics Bliss Utilitarianism Asymmetry

Book:Suffering-Focused Ethics: Defense and Implications

Source: Suffering-Focused Ethics: Defense and Implications

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