“If I am convinced that I will procure the profoundest idea only by undergoing the profoundest pain, I shall beg for strength to endure that pain.” IfsIdeasPainCommitmentEndureConvinced Author:Kedar Joshi
“We feel sorrow and pain over the death of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd. We have known this man for a long time... he showed support and commitment to the Palestinian revolution and to Fatah since the 1960s.” MenFeelsLongTwoPainKnownSupportRevolutionKingsSorrowHolyLong TimeCommitmentPalestinian1960sMosquesCustodians Author:Mahmoud Abbas
“The inner experience of fallure is totally different than failure. Going to fallure means 100% commitment - you leave nothing in reserve, no mental or physical resource untapped, you never give yourself a psychological out. Failure means making a decision to let go, to be less than 100% committed, when confronted by fear, pain and uncertainty.” GivingMeanDifferentPainDecisionLetting GoCommitmentResourcesCommittedPsychologicalUncertaintyReserves Author:James C. Collins
“Christian faith, as I understand it, is not primarily a matter of signing on for the proposition that there exists a Supreme Being, but the kind of commitment made manifest by a human being at the end of his tether, foundering in darkness, pain, and bewilderment, who nevertheless remains faithful to the promise of a transformative love.” HumansKindMadeEndsMatterChristianPainHuman BeingsDarknessPromiseCommitmentRemainsSupremeFaithfulManifestNeverthelessPropositionsChristian FaithSigningSupreme BeingBewilderment Author:Terry Eagleton
“When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.” FirstsPainFacesRelationshipCommitmentResponse Author:Bell Hooks
“Comforting someone when they were stricken with loss was something else. It meant commitment. It meant caring. It meant you wanted to ease their pain, and at the same time you were thanking God that whatever the bad thing was that had happened, it hadn't happened to them.” WantedPainLossHappenedCommitmentCaringEaseBad ThingsThank GodComforting Book:City of Lost Souls Source: City of Lost Souls
“The lifestyle of many of our colleagues has been very pompous. They conduct weddings and birthdays in such an ostentatious manner that it pains me a lot. It appears that they are making fun of our commitment to the poor.” Has BeensPainFunPoorCommitmentLifestyleColleaguesPompousOstentatious Author:Sonia Gandhi
“Renunciation is not about pushing something away, it is about letting go. It's facing the fact that certain things cause us pain, and they cause other people pain. Renunciation is a commitment to let go of things that create suffering. It is the intention to stop hurting ourselves and others.” PeopleFactsPainCertainSufferingCausesHurtLetting GoCommitmentIntentionPushingRenunciation Author:Noah Levine
“We meditate alone but live our lives with other people; a gap is inevitable. If our path is to lead to less suffering, nd much of our suffering is with other people, then perhaps we need to reexamine our sole commitment to these individual practices... As our individual pracitce deepens, it may yiled true ease. But whether we practice meditation in seclusion or independently alongside other meditators at a meditation group or retreat, individual meditation approaches the confusion and pain of our relational lives only indirectly.” PeopleIfsNeedsMayPainSufferingIndividualPracticePathOur LivesMeditationGroupsApproachCommitmentConfusionInevitableEaseGapsSoleRetreatSeclusion Author:Greg Kramer