“The American people know the economy is too weak. Too many of them are suffering. So the question for Washington is, are we going to continue to play political games and - and - or are we going to say, we can do something right now to create jobs, to put money in the pockets of the middle-class, hire construction workers, teachers, veterans?” PeopleKnowsPlayJobsPoliticalSufferingGamesCan DoClassEconomyTeacherMiddleRight NowWeakWorkersMiddle ClassPocketsConstructionVeteranCan Do SomethingConstruction WorkersPolitical Games Author:David Plouffe
“I think Nature, if she interests herself much about her children, must often feel that, like the miserable Frankenstein, with her experimenting among the elements of humanity, she has brought beings into existence who have no business here; who can do none of her work, and endure none of her favours; whose life is only suffering; and whose action is one long protest against the ill foresight which flung them into consciousness.” IfsThinkingFeelsChildrenLongActionLife IsSufferingHumanityInterestCan DoExistenceConsciousnessElementsEndureIllMiserableProtestFavourForesight Book:The Nemesis of Faith Source: The Nemesis of Faith
“The hardest thing we are asked to do in this world is to remain aware of suffering, suffering about which we can do nothing.” WorldSufferingCan DoCompassionThis WorldHardestHardest Thing Book:At Seventy: A Journal Source: At Seventy: A Journal
“It is by sympathy we enter into the concerns of others, that we are moved as they are moved, and are never suffered to be indifferent spectators of almost anything which men can do or suffer. For sympathy may be considered as a sort of substitution, by which we are put into the place of another man, and affected in many respects as he is affected.” MenMaySufferingCan DoConcernMovedAffectedSympathyIndifferentSpectatorsAnother ManSubstitution Book:A philosophical inquiry, etc Source: A philosophical inquiry, etc
“I think I look good for my age. I've always looked younger than I really am. I'm 67 and I look about, maybe 62 or something like that. And I think my healthy lifestyle has paid off. I suffer from osteoarthritis. That's genetic and there's nothing I can do about that, except to try and not jump up and down, but rather swim and bike, instead of jumping up and down.” ThinkingTryingLooksI CanAgeSufferingCan DoHealthyPaidLifestyleSwimBikeJumpingUp And DownHealthy LifestylePaid Off Author:Jane Fonda
“you can do something. You can, even for one person Don't turn away; help. Because those who suffer, often suffer not because of the person or the group that inflicts the suffering; they seem to suffer because nobody cares.” PersonsHelpingSeemsCareSufferingTurnsCan DoGroupsCan Do SomethingNobody Cares Author:Elie Wiesel
“You can't stop suffering, you can't stop terrible things from happening, but you can bear witness... The least us reporters can do is go there and tell their stories.” StoriesSufferingCan DoCommunityWorkViolenceBearsTerribleHappeningsHuman RightsIdeologyWitnessFree SpeechReportersTerrible Things Author:Anderson Cooper
“You realize how much the relationship when kids are young can suffer. And it's important to make sure that you are able to spend some time with each other. As a father, the best thing you can do for the kid is to love the mom. Even as a parent, I believe that loving the mother is the most important thing. And even parents who maybe aren't together I think that's important for them as well to respect each other and to be kind to each other, because I think it does so much in who they would pick to be around, or how they feel about themselves.” ThinkingFeelsBelieveWellsKindDoeImportantKidsAbleTogetherYoungMotherSufferingFatherI BelieveParentCan DoRealizingMomPicksImportant ThingsBest ThingsBe KindRespect Each Other Author:Vince Vaughn
“What a man can do and suffer is unknown to himself till some occasion presents itself which draws out the hidden power. Just as one sees not in the water of an unruffled pond the fury and roar with which it can dash down a steep rock without injury to itself, or how high it is capable of rising; or as little as one can suspect the latent heat in ice-cold water.” MenLittlesSufferingWaterCan DoRocksColdCapableDrawsIceOccasionsHeatRisingInjurySuspectsFuryPondsLatentSteepCold Water Author:Arthur Schopenhauer
“If we are going to compete in this world we're in today, there is no possible way we can do it with lowering expectations and dumbing down everything. Children are going to suffer and families' hearts are going to be broken that their kids won't be able to get a job in the 21st Century.” IfsWorldWayHeartChildrenKidsTodayAbleJobsSufferingCan DoCenturyThis WorldBrokenExpectations21st CenturyDumbing Down Author:Jeb Bush
“If we're constantly suppressing our strong, heavy emotions - like fear and anger and outrage and sadness - it weakens us. But when we're not afraid to confront the hard emotions - when we don't turn away from the pain and the suffering of the world - it builds the confidence that we can do whatever we need to do.” IfsWorldNeedsHardPainSufferingTurnsStrongCan DoEmotionSadnessHeavyNot AfraidOutrageSuppressing Author:Tim DeChristopher