“We have the tendency to judge others by their surface appearance, and to find only their negative qualities. But if we search beneath the surface we discover that a myriad of strains mix together to create a particular person's nature. The faults we perceive are likely to be the effect of circumstances, the psychological response to trauma, abuse, rejection, heartbreak, insecurity, pain, confusion, or disease.” IfsPersonsPainTogetherQualityEffectsParticularJudgingCircumstancesDiseaseNegativeAbuseFaultsResponseAppearanceTraumaSurfaceConfusionTendenciesPsychologicalPerceiveRejectionInsecurityStrainBeneath The Surface Author:Radhanath Swami
“Then let us have our libertyagain, And challenge to yourselves no sovereignty. You came not in the world without our pain, Make that a bar against your cruelty; Your fault being greater, why should you disdain Our being your equals, free from tyranny?” WorldShouldPainChallengesGreaterFaultsBarsTyrannyCrueltySovereigntyDisdain Author:Emilia Lanier
“Tis mighty easy o'er a glass of wine On vain refinements vainly to refine, To laugh at poverty in plenty's reign, To boast of apathy when out of pain, And in each sentence, worthy of the schools, Varnish'd with sophistry, to deal out rules Most fit for practice, but for one poor fault That into practice they can ne'er be brought.” SchoolPainEasyPoorDealsPovertyPracticeLaughingFitWineFaultsGlassesWorthySentencesPlentyVainApathyReignBoastRefinementWine GlassSophistry Book:The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill: With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes Source: The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill: With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes
“How dare you? How dare you create a world in which there is such misery that is not our fault? It's not right, it's utterly, utterly evil. Why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid god who creates a world that is so full of injustice and pain?” WorldShouldMeanPainEvilStupidMiseryFaultsInjusticeDareShould ICapricious Author:Stephen Fry
“I am an exile; but it is the fault that pains; The punishment is nought; that it is deserved Is all the pain.” PainFaultsPunishmentExile Author:Ovid
“Our faults afflict us more than our good deeds console. Pain is ever uppermost in the conscience as in the heart.” HeartPainConscienceFaultsDeedsGood DeedsConsole Author:Sophie Swetchine