Suffering Quotes - Page 15

Y hay que ver, esos libros sobre el duelo son una
mierda, todos iguales, una porquería total al cien por cien.

This you have to understand. There's only one way to hurt a man who's lost everything. Give him back something broken.

suffering breaks us until there’s nothing left but gentleness

God only knows the torment of the suffering soul and only he can take away the pain.

it is being honest
about
my pain
that
makes me invincible.

It is painful for the plant which is myself to live in the atmosphere and light of this world. Somewhere an element is lacking which would permit me to continue.

You cant laugh at a joke agian and agian, but why do you keep crying over the same thing over and over agian?

Sometimes there’s a fire in your life and you ask God,
“Lord, let me go around the fire.” And God says, “No.”
Then you ask, “Lord, then let me go over the fire.”
And God says, “No.” Then you ask,
“Well Lord, please let me go under the fire.”
And God says, “No. Go through the fire and I’ll b

Why the Romans, Father?" I asked him one afternoon.
"Because, my child, they teach us how to bear suffering in a world of injustice where all faith is dead," he answered.

Does this world feel like hell to you? Of course it does, because it is.

Some are born rich
While others poor;
Some are born free
While others captives;
Some are born blessed
While others deprived;
Some are born strong
While others weak;
And some are born great
While others slaves.
It is only in this life
blessings are unequal.

I believed I was too sensitive and weak. To “prove” I wasn’t a victim anymore, I moved closer to painful experiences rather than away from them. Remaining in harm’s way and exposing myself to more pain kept me in the victim role rather than moving me out of it.

The pain on the inside is what keeps you human,' she said. 'Never forget that.

…as though, capable themselves of suffering, they granted no reality to the suffering of others. ‘The subject exhibited a pain response.’ But not, under any circumstances, we hurt her.

Every man or woman who loves [God], they hate Him too, because He's a hard God, a jealous God, He Is, what He Is, and in this world He's apt to repay service with pain while those who do evil ride over the roads in Cadillac cars. Even the joy of serving Him is a bitter joy.

Time and sunshine healed a sore, but the process was slow, and new boils appeared if I didn't stay dry.

No doubt Pain as God's megaphone is a terrible instrument; it may lead to final and unrepented rebellion. But it gives the only opportunity the bad man can have for amendment. It removes the veil; it plants the flag of truth within the fortress of a rebel soul.

Straight tribulation is easier to bear than tribulation which advertises itself as pleasure.

After all, what is suffering but an awareness of suffering?

This last week has been a little hell for both of us simply because I didn't understand my own feelings. And because I can't understand them, I blame her for provoking in me feelings that make my world seem suddenly unsafe.