Best attitude & suffering Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“In Gnosticism, the physical world did not ultimately matter - which meant physical suffering did not matter either. Seeking 'enlightenment' meant cultivating an attitude of detachment, even indifference.”

World Matter Suffering Attitude Enlightenment Seeking Indifference Detachment Cultivating Gnosticism

Author:Nancy Pearcey

“Modern society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyle. In many parts of the world society is given to instant gratification and consumerism while remaining indifferent to the damage which these attitudes cause. Simplicity, moderation and discipline, as well as a spirit of sacrifice, must become part of everyday life, lest all suffer the negative consequences of the careless habits of a few.”

“Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.”

Self Suffering Results Attitude Too Much Loneliness Source Extremes Isolation Self Centered Isolation And Loneliness

Author:Dalai Lama

“Brazilians need to work on their own national pride. I always think that they suffer from national low-self esteem. It's a lesser-developed country, and they have struggled so much. Sometimes they have an attitude that, if it's Brazilian, it can't be good.”

Ifs Thinking Needs Self Country Sometimes Suffering Attitude Self Esteem Pride Lows Be Good Esteem Low Self Esteem Developed Country National Pride

Author:Amy Irving

“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.”

Source: Mindfulness Meditation: For a Quieter Mind, Self-Awareness and Healthy Living

“Animals have a much better attitude to life and death than we do. They know when their time has come. We are the ones that suffer when they pass, but it's a healing kind of grief that enables us to deal with other griefs that are not so easy to grab hold of.”

Knows Humans Kind Death Suffering Easy Loss Animal Deals Grief Healing Attitude Sorrow Singers Life And Death Enabling Pet Loss Dealing With Death

Author:Emmylou Harris

“Whoever possesses the will to suffering within himself has a different attitude towards cruelty: he does not regard it as inherently harmful and bad.”

Doe Different Suffering Attitude Regard Cruelty Different Attitude

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“Many people who are forced into emigration suffer and often die tragically; many of their rights are violated, they are obliged to separate from their families and, unfortunately, continue to be subjected to racist attitudes and xenophobia.”

People Suffering Dies Attitude Rights Racist Obliged Xenophobia Emigration

Author:Pope Francis

“The true Christian reaction to suffering and sorrow is not the attitude of self-pity, fatalism or resentment; it is the spirit which takes life's difficulties as a God given opportunity, and regards its troubles as a sacred trust, and wears the thorns as a crown.”

Self Christian Joy Spirit Suffering Opportunity Given Attitude Trouble Sorrow Difficulty Regard Sacred Reactions Pity Resentment Crowns Thorns Self Pity Fatalism Given Opportunity

Author:James Stewart

“By saying "blessed are those who mourn", Jesus does not intend to declare an unfortunate and burdensome condition in life to be happy. Suffering is not a value in itself, but a reality that Jesus teaches us to live with the correct attitude.”

Doe Reality Suffering Values Jesus Attitude Teach Conditions Blessed Unfortunate Mourn Blessed Are Those

Author:Pope Francis

“I am convinced that the attitude we cultivate in advance may well determine how suffering will affect us when it does strike.”

Wells May Doe Suffering Attitude Determine Convinced Strikes

Author:Paul Brand

“Too many Americans who struggle with mental health illnesses are suffering in silence rather than seeking help, and we need to see to it that men and women who would never hesitate to go see a doctor if they had a broken arm or came down with the flu, that they have that same attitude when it comes to their mental health.”

Ifs Men Needs Helping Suffering Silence Attitude Struggle Broken Arms Men And Women Doctors Mental Health Illness Seeking Flu Seeking Help

Author:Barack Obama

“My denial and irresponsible attitude about asthma put me at great risk and caused me so much needless suffering. My hope is that the kids I talk to learn to open up about their asthma, become educated about their condition, and seek help.”

Helping Kids Suffering Attitude Risk Conditions Educated Denial Irresponsible Great Risk Asthma

Author:Jackie Joyner-Kersee

“When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.”

Way Looks Suffering Attitude Flats

Author:Roger Babson

“We must rebuild Colombia, starting with ourselves, our hearts, put resentment aside, put hatred aside, put envy aside. The only thing that those attitudes accomplish is to sow violence and sow death and suffering.”

Heart Suffering Attitude Violence Hatred Starting Accomplish Envy Resentment Colombia

Author:Juan Manuel Santos

“Men's gender problems cause them a lot of suffering. There is a massive spiking suicide rate in middle age for men and a cultural attitude to male friendship that is destructive.”

Men Problem Age Suffering Causes Attitude Middle Suicide Males Rate Gender Destructive Massive Middle Ages Male Friendship

Author:Stephen Marche

“When you have a nation that is suffering collectively from a situation of injustice - of violence, of imprisonment and closure and checkpoints, from a sense of vulnerability and of hopelessness - attitudes are going to be affected by these measures.”

Suffering Attitude Situation Violence Injustice Vulnerability Hopelessness Imprisonment Closure

Author:Hanan Ashrawi

“My suspicion is that those who seem oblivious to suffering, whether it is nearby or in remote corners, are for the most part unaware, perhaps blinded by doctrine and ideology. For them, the answer is to develop a critical attitude toward articles of faith, secular or religious; to encourage their capacity to question, to explore, to view the world from the standpoint of others. And direct exposure is never very far away, wherever we live - perhaps the homeless person huddling in the cold or asking for a few pennies for food, or all too many more.”

World Suffering Religious Attitude Cold Direct Ideology Far Away Suspicion Secular Homeless Oblivious

Author:Noam Chomsky

“It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.”

Mind Suffering Fear Poor Attitude Worry Rich Ill Rich Or Poor

Author:Michel de Montaigne

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