“Rather than encouraging apathy through submissive responses, let us deliver the message loudly and clearly, that needles killing and suffering is wrong.” SufferingMessagesResponseKillingBuddhistApathyNeedlesSubmissive Author:Bodo Balsys
“GraceQuest is a gripping story of one man's (and his family's) struggle with tremendous weakness and pain, but it is also a narrative theodicy--defense of God's goodness in spite of the undeniable reality of evil. . . . This is an honest and hard-hitting book about God's grace in and through tremendous loss of health and strength. Readers will find hope and help here if they are open to its message about the God-given 'strength to suffer well.'” IfsMenWellsBookHardHelpingStoriesRealityPainSufferingEvilGivenLossStruggleGraceHonestReaderGoodnessMessagesWeaknessDefenseNarrativeSpiteOne ManHittingGod's GraceGrippingHealth And Strength Author:Roger E. Olson
“Pain happens, but suffering is optional. When pain comes, make use of the experience, but do not wallow in it. When you accidentally place your finger in a flame, it is supposed to hurt just long enough for you to pull it out. If you think there is value in keeping it there, you will be a crispy critter. Pain is a minor element of life, unless you are indulging it. Then it becomes suffering. Get the message and then get on with your life, which is far more about joy than sorrow.” IfsThinkingLongEnoughUseHappensPainJoySufferingValuesHurtSorrowElementsMessagesFingersFlamesMinorsOptionalCrittersElements Of Life Author:Alan Cohen
“Suffering makes a people greater, and we have suffered much. We had a message to give the world, but we were overwhelmed, and the message was cut off in the middle. In time there will be millions of us - becoming stronger and stronger - and we will complete the message.” PeopleWorldGivingSufferingMillionsGreaterCuttingMiddleBecomingMessagesStrongerOverwhelmedBecoming Stronger Author:David Ben-Gurion
“If you have an image of someone cutting off a relationship, it's the cutting off that will lead to your suffering. If you see the action as their need being expressed, then the message is within them, not you. Any interpretation you put onto another person's message (such as passive-aggressive, withholding, etc.), you will pay for because of how you took it.” IfsNeedsPersonsActionSufferingPayCuttingCommunicationMessagesEtcInterpretationAggressivePassiveNonviolent CommunicationWithholdingCutting OffPassive Aggressive Author:Marshall B. Rosenberg
“I love women. I love their hearts. There are a lot of women who are suffering. A lot of women who have been disappointed, have been let down. One thing I'd like women to know is the message: Hold on. Hold on. Be faithful to your kids. Hold on for the future because life doesn't always necessarily stay the way that it is. It will get better.” KnowsWayHeartHas BeensKidsSufferingOne ThingMessagesFaithfulGet BetterDisappointedBeing FaithfulLet Down Author:Michele Bachmann
“Spiritual instruments suffer in their potency when their use is taught through non-spiritual messages which are self-propagating.” SelfUseSpiritualSufferingTaughtMessagesInstrumentsSpiritualismPotency Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“The cross is a very powerful symbol and it symbolizes suffering, but it also is connected to a person who was loving and sharing and his message was about unconditional love. I tried to take a powerful image and use it to draw attention to a situation that needs attention. For me, we all need to be Jesus in our time. Jesus' message was to love your neighbor as yourself and these are people in need.” PeopleNeedsPersonsUseSufferingJesusPowerfulAttentionSituationLove YouMessagesDrawsCrossesConnectedNeighborSymbolsOur TimeUnconditional LoveUnconditionalVery PowerfulLove Your NeighborLove Your Neighbor As Yourself Author:Madonna Ciccone
“God assumed from the beginning that the wise of the world would view Christians as fools...and He has not been disappointed....If I have brought any message today, it is this: Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity. Be fools for Christ. And have the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world.” IfsWorldGodWisdomTodayChristianSufferingJesusChristViewsChristianityCourageWiseFoolMessagesDisappointmentStupidityFoolishDisappointedContemptSophisticatedFoolishnessMeltingCourt Justice Author:Antonin Scalia
“The central message of the Bible is about God redeeming a humanity that is in trouble and suffering.” SufferingHumanityTroubleMessagesRedeeming Author:John Townsend
“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.” NeedsPersonsDoeHelpingTruthSufferingPeaceCompassionMessagesYogaLibertarianPunishmentBuddhistEye OpeningSpillingPeace Is Every Step Book:The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation Source: The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
“Muhammad brought the promise that anyone could find fulfillment and everlasting life through allegiance to the one true God. The Buddah held out hope that the suffering could be transcended. Jesus brought the message that even the last shall be first, that even the tax collectors and lepers - the outcasts - had cause for hope. And so that is the question I leave you with in this final: What is your cause for hope.” FirstsLastsSufferingJesusCausesPromiseTaxesMessagesFinalsFulfillmentEverlastingAllegianceMuhammadCollectorsOutcastTrue GodLeperEverlasting Life Author:John Green
“The aircraft that blew up the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington conveyed several messages to the world, of which one of the least remarked is this: the Muslims of the world are suffering.” WorldSufferingNew YorkMessagesTradeAircraftPentagonWorld TradeWorld Trade Center Author:James Buchan
“Why don’t people’s hearts tell them to continue following their dreams?” the boy asked the alchemist. “Because that’s what makes a heart suffer most, and hearts don’t like to suffer." From then on, the boy understood his heart. He asked it, please, never to stop speaking to him. He asked that, when he wandered far from his dreams, his heart press him and sound the alarm. The boy swore that, every time he heard the alarm, he would heed its message.” PeopleHeartDreamSufferingSoundBoysHeardPleaseMessagesUnderstoodPressesFollowingAlarmsHeedAlchemist Author:Paulo Coelho