“The believing man hath the Holy Ghost; and where the Holy Ghost dwelleth, He will not suffer a man to be idle, butstirreth him up to all exercises of piety and godliness, and of true religion, to the love of God, to the patient suffering of afflictions, to prayer, to thanksgiving, and the exercise of charity towards all men.” MenBelieveSufferingPrayerExerciseHolyCharityPatientGhostGod LoveHoly SpiritIdleAfflictionPietyHoly GhostGodlinessTrue Religion Book:Commentary on Galatians, Luther Source: Commentary on Galatians, Luther
“When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.” MindFirstsSufferingHeavenGraceExerciseOfficeBonesToilGreat Office Author:Mencius
“I cannot help but think it perilous to suffer these lands or the sources of their irrigation to fall into the hands of monopolies, which by such means may exercise lordship over the areas dependent on their treatment for productiveness.” ThinkingMayMeanHelpingHandsSufferingFallPoliticsEconomyLandSourceExerciseAreasLiberalismDependentTreatmentMonopolyLordshipIrrigation Author:Grover Cleveland
“The predominant teachings of this age are that there are no limits to man's capacity to govern others and that, therefore, no limitations ought to be imposed upon government. The older faith, born of long ages of suffering under man's dominion over man, was that the exercise of unlimited power by men with limited minds and self-regarding prejudices is soon oppressive, reactionary, and corrupt. The older faith taught that the very condition of progress was the limitation of power to the capacity and the virtue of rulers.” MenMindLongSelfGovernmentAgeSufferingBornVirtueProgressTeachingConditionsTaughtOughtExerciseLimitsCapacityEconomicsPrejudiceLimitationRulersUnlimitedDominionReactionariesUnlimited Power Author:Walter Lippmann
“Love and intimacy are at the roots of what makes us sick and what makes us well, what causes sadness and what brings happiness, what makes us suffer and what leads to healing...I am not aware of any other factor in medicine- not diet, not smoking, not exercise, not stress, not genetics, not drugs, not surgery- that has a greater impact on our quality of life, incidence of illness and premature death from all causes.” WellsSufferingCausesHealingQualityGreaterSadnessExerciseDrugRootsSickStressImpactMedicineIllnessFactorsIntimacyDietsSmokingSurgeryQuality Of LifeGeneticsPrematureIncidencePremature Death Author:Dean Ornish
“As in labor, the more one doth exercise, the more one is enabled to do, strength growing upon work; so with the use of suffering, men's minds get the habit of suffering, and all fears and terrors are not to them but as a summons to battle, whereof they know beforehand they shall come off victorious.” KnowsMenMindUseSufferingGrowing UpGrowingHabitExerciseBattleLaborTerrorEndurance Book:Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks
“I can manage my own pain. I can drink. I can go to the doctor and get a prescription. I can exercise. I can write a story about it. I've done it a million times! But I don't want to see the people I love tortured and suffering.” PeopleWantWritingI CanDoneStoriesPainSufferingMy OwnMillionsExerciseDrinkDoctorsManagePrescriptions Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“I agree we have enough books that attempt to explain why God allows suffering, presumably in a way that lets God off the hook. And while much smarter men than I have constructed elaborate systems in this pursuit, they are by definition exercises in speculation.” MenWayBookEnoughSufferingExerciseLetting GoAgreeDefinitionsPursuitSmarterHookSpeculation Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“People who are burdened by acute misgivings about their coping capabilities suffer much distress and expend much effort in defensive action... they cannot get themselves to do things they find subjectively threatening even though they are objectively safe. They may even shun easily manageable activities because they see them as leading to more threatening events over which they will be unable to exercise adequate control.” PeopleMayActionSufferingEffortEventsExerciseActivitySafeCapabilityDistressThreateningAdequateCopingManageableSelf EfficacyMisgivings Author:Albert Bandura
“Truthfully, I just try to get as much rest and drink water like a fish every day. If I don't get enough rest, exercise and water to keep my body healthy, then the voice begins to suffer and it can't repair overnight from the previous day's work.” IfsTryingEnoughBodySufferingVoiceWaterExerciseDrinkHealthyFishesDrink Water Author:Roger Craig Smith
“Many prefer not to exercise their imaginations at all. They choose to remain comfortably within the bounds of their own experience, never troubling to wonder how it would feel to have been born other than they are. They can refuse to hear screams or to peer inside cages; they can close their minds and hearts to any suffering that does not touch them personally; they can refuse to know. I might be tempted to envy people who can live that way, except that I do not think they have any fewer nightmares than I do. The wilfully unimaginative see more monsters. They are often more afraid.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayFeelsMindHeartDoeHas BeensMightSufferingBornImaginationWonderExerciseBoundsRefuseEnvyMonstersNightmareScreamFewerPeersCagesHeart And MindTempted Author:J. K. Rowling
“Through my time in the military and my deployments, I have recognized the importance of having a Commander in Chief who will not only go after those who threaten the safety and security of the American people, but who will also exercise good judgment and foresight in stopping these failed interventionist wars of regime change that have cost our country so much in human lives, untold suffering, and trillions of dollars.” PeopleHumansWarCountrySufferingSecurityMilitaryExerciseCostJudgmentImportanceSafetyDollarsOur CountryChiefsHuman LifeMy TimeRegimesStoppingCommandersForesightCommander In ChiefDeploymentGood JudgmentSafety And SecurityRegime Change Author:Tulsi Gabbard
“Ask yourself, "Is there anything in my life that is causing me to feel a sense of unease, discomfort, or pain?" You can choose a persistent issue that has bothered you for years, or it may be something that has recently come up for you. While it's fine to focus on a chronic, physical disorder, don't approach this exercise as a cure - we're focusing on patterns of perception that encourage us to hold onto suffering.” FeelsYearsMayPainSufferingAsksIssuesFocusFineExercisePerceptionApproachPatternsCome UpCuresDisorderPersistentDiscomfortBothered Author:Deepak Chopra