“On the contrary, if they are treated with justice and humanity, proper example and the advantages of education given them, the coming years will be as bright and prosperous to the unfortunate race as the past has been dark and painful.” IfsYearsHas BeensPastHumanityGivenJusticeDarkRaceExampleAdvantagePainfulContraryTreatedUnfortunateProsperous Book:SERVING THE REPUBLIC Source: SERVING THE REPUBLIC
“Had history been democratic in its ways, there would have been no farming and no indsturial revolution. Both leaps into the future were occasioned by unbearably painful crises that made most people wish they could recoil into the past.” PeopleWayHas BeensMadePastWishRevolutionCrisisDemocraticPainfulLeapFarmingIndustrial RevolutionRecoil Book:The Global Minotaur: America, Europe and the Future of the Global Economy Source: The Global Minotaur: America, Europe and the Future of the Global Economy
“It is painful to recall a past intensity, to estimate your distance from the Belsen heap, to make your peace with numbers. Just to get up each morning is to make a kind of peace.” KindPastPeaceNumbersMorningDistancePainfulGet UpIntensityRecalls Author:Leonard Cohen
“I have in the past declared that in order to achieve a real, just and durable peace, I would be willing to make painful compromises. But we cannot make any compromise on the security of our citizens and their right to live without the threat of terrorism and violence.” RealWould BePastOrderViolenceAchieveSecurityWillingCitizensThreatPainfulTerrorismCompromise Author:Ariel Sharon
“On me, on me Time and change can heap no more! The painful past with blighting grief Hath left my heart a withered leaf. Time and change can do no more.” HeartPastLeftCan DoGriefMy HeartPainfulLeafsWitheredTime And ChangePainful PastWithered Leaves Author:Richard Henry Horne
“At times it may seem worse - harder, at least - to live through the despair of this loss without the temporary comfort of our addictive behaviour. We cannot drown our sorrows. We must face the fact that we don’t know, really, where we are, how we got here, how long the pain will last, or how to move past it. That uncertainty may be the most painful part of not knowing a God: no one is there to reassure us that a God will take the pain and confusion away. We simply don’t know. And we have no way to numb ourselves or to forget the condition we’re in.” KnowsWayMayLongFactsSeemsPainLastsPastFacesMovingLossForgetKnowingConditionsSorrowComfortDespairHarderPainfulGods WillConfusionUncertaintyTemporaryNot KnowingBehaviourNumbHis Loss Author:Marya Hornbacher
“What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now.” NeedsLittlesTodayPastDealsHappenedPainfulPainful Past Author:William Glasser