“Dualism is an isolating sense of separation, a feeling of being fully on one's own in life, unconnected to others, to the natural world, to the whole of reality. Overcoming dualism is the cure for suffering.”
Source: Living Skillfully: Buddhist Philosophy of Life from the Vimalakirti Sutra
“When you suffer because of discrimination, there's always an urge to speak out. But even if you spend a thousand years speaking out, your suffering won't be relieved. Only through deep understanding and liberation from ignorance can can you be liberated from your suffering.”
Source: Answers from the Heart Publisher: Parallax Press
“Saya mengharapkan gerimis mempercepat kelam, supaya saya tenggelam dalam kegelapan.”
Source: Olenka
“Dia luntang-lantung karena setiap jengkal ruang di alam semesta baginya panas dan dia tahu dia tidak akan menemukan tempat yang teduh, apalagi yang aman dan damai.”
Source: Olenka
“Life is suffering, but it is also wonderful. Sickness, old age, death, accidents, starvation, unemployment, and natural disasters cannot be avoided in life. But, if our understanding is deep and our mind free, we can accept these things with tranquility, and the suffering will already be greatly lessened.”
“Suffering and pain are always obligatory for people of broad intellect and a deep heart. Truly great people, I think, must feel great sadness for the world”
Source: Crime & Punishment by Dostoevsky,Fyodor. [1996] Paperback
“During the last three years, I've met a lot of people who have practiced at the San Francisco Zen Center. I asked each of them the same question: What led you there? No one said, I was so happy and fulfilled that I wanted to find a new way to express my joy and gratitude. Discontent, depression, sickness, bad luck, and loneliness had paved the way. Suffering shapes the place more than the sixties, or any particular cultural moment, or any one woman or man. Suffering is the recurring moment, reborn every time someone new turns up.”
Source: Shoes Outside the Door: Desire, Devotion, and Excess at San Francisco Zen Center
“Take lightly what you hear about individuals. We need not distort trust for our paltry little political agendas. We tend to trust soulless, carried information more than we trust soulful human beings; but really most people aren't so bad once you sit down and have an honest, one-on-one conversation with them, once, with an open heart, you listen to their explanations as to why they act the way they act, or say what they say, or do what they do.”
Source: Healology
“On my own, I would have drowned in darkness and despair. It's all because of Jesus Christ that I say or write one word of victory. My suffering would have overwhelmed me without my relationship with Jesus. The joy from that relationship is difficult to put into words. But it's real. It's powerful. I'm blessed by seeing others who suffer receive relief and comfort when they hear about Jesus and His love for them. It's a privilege to share my own struggles.”
Source: No Such Thing as Can’t: A Triumphant Story of Faith and Perseverance
“Ce n'étaient là que des abstractions, des chiffres, des statistiques, des informations. On ne peut souffrir pour un million d'êtres.”
Source: L'Ami retrouvé: Refonte