"There are times when sorrow seems to me to be the only truth."
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"Thoughtfulness is the way to deathlessness, thoughtlessness the way to death. The thoughtful do not die: the thoughtless are as if dead already."
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"The buddha called suffering a holy truth, because our suffering has the capacity of showing us the path to liberation. Embrace your suffering and let it reveal to you the way to peace."
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"Art is for the artist is only suffering through which he releases himself for further suffering."
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"The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment."
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"The melancholy joys of evils pass'd, For he who much has suffer'd, much will know."
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"I'm not sure God wants us to be happy. I think he wants us to love, and be loved. But we are like children, thinking our toys will make us happy and the whole world is our nursery. Something must drive us out of that nursery and into the lives of others, and that something is suffering."
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"Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?"
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"The families of Aboriginals who have died in custody in NSW will suffer again because of these white lies."
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"Your first task is to be dissatisfied with yourself, fight sin, and transform yourself into something better. Your second task is to put up with the trials and temptations of this world that will be brought on by the change in your life and to persevere to the very end in the midst of these things."
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"Why is it that man desires to be made sad, beholding doleful and tragical things, which yet himself would by no means suffer?"
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"Suffering is the way for Realization of God."
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"The reason for the emphasis on shamanism and on other techniques is, you will need techniques if you go into the deep water. And they can make your life very simple and save you from unnecessary suffering. Not all suffering is necessary. Maybe no suffering is necessary."
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"Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value."
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"There comes a time, there comes a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and privacy to suffer. That time is now and I will not let the Patriot Act, the most unpatriotic of acts go unchallenged."
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"Pain is part of life. Suffering is an option."
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"Look at Jesus Christ. Every time he was in trouble he used the Word of God. When he was tempted he used the Word. When he was suffering on the cross he used the Word."
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"If in this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true; this I have learnt after suffering all my life; all else is mere moonshine."
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"Suffering is a gift; in its hidden mercy"
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"The burden of this world is too great for one man to bear, and the world’s sorrow too heavy for one heart to suffer."
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