“Creativity is not the work of a few. We each carry within us the image of God the Creator; we each have the task of making the earth into a fairer, kinder place. The first step is imagining a better world, and that is most apt to happen when we suffer or look on suffering.” WorldFirstsLooksArtHappensEarthSufferingStepsCreativityTasksCreatorFirst StepsKinderGod Image Author:Elizabeth O'Connor
“There will be no more danger, pollution or destruction, none of these things that we suffer from so much today. Everything will be heavenly, beautiful and natural, the way it was when God first created the earth.” WayFirstsTodayEarthBeautifulSufferingNaturalDangerDestructionHeavenlyPollutionGod First Author:David Berg
“Without enlightenment, everything in life is harsh. Sooner or later you see everyone you love die, unless you die first, of course. This causes you to suffer.” FirstsLife IsSufferingDiesCoursesCausesEnlightenmentSooner Or LaterHarshOne You Love Book:Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap Source: Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap
“Yes, when you see for the first time, a great laughter arises in you - the laughter about the whole ridiculousness of your misery, the laughter about the whole foolishness of your problems, the laughter about the whole absurdity of your suffering.” InspirationalFirstsWholeProblemSufferingLaughterFirst TimeMiseryAriseFoolishnessAbsurdity Author:Rajneesh
“It is not God's way that great blessings should descend without the sacrifice first of great sufferings. If the truth is to be spread to any wide extent among the people, how can we dream, how can we hope, that trial and trouble shall not accompany its going forth.” PeopleIfsWayShouldFirstsDreamSufferingTroubleSacrificeTruth IsBlessingSpreadWideTrialsAccompany Book:Sermons Preached on Various Occasions Source: Sermons Preached on Various Occasions
“The poor suffer twice at the rioter's hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to one of hostility and resentment.” FirstsHandsSufferingPoorChangedTyrannyAtmosphereDestructiveNeighborhoodScarResentmentConsentHostilityFuryRiotAccommodations Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seamed with scars; martyrs have put on their coronation robes glittering with fire, and through their tears have the sorrowful first seen the gates of Heaven.” FirstsSoulCharacterSufferingHeavenFireTearsSorrowMassiveGatesStrongestScarMartyrRobesSorrowfulCoronationGates Of Heaven Author:Bill Vaughan