Alan Watts Quotes, Moon Quotes, Suffering Quotes

If to enjoy even an enjoyable present we must have the assurance of a happy future, we are “crying for the moon.” We have no such assurance. The best predictions are still matters of probability rather than certainty, and to the best of our knowledge every one of us is going to suffer and die. If, then, we cannot live happily without an assured future, we are certainly not adapted to living in a finite world where, despite the best plans, accidents will happen, and where death comes at the end.

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Letting go of our suffering is the hardest work we will ever do.

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Tags : Gautama Buddha Quotes , Letting Go Quotes , Suffering Quotes

All men live in suffering I know as few can know, Whether they take the upper road Or stay content on the low.

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Tags : William Butler Yeats Quotes , Men Quotes , Suffering Quotes

We must understand then, that even though God doesn't always give us what we want, He always gives us what we need for our salvation.

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Tags : Saint Augustine Quotes , Giving Quotes , Suffering Quotes

If we live, we live; if we die, we die; if we suffer, we suffer; if we are terrified, we are terrified. There is no problem about it.

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Tags : Alan Watts Quotes , Acceptance Quotes , Suffering Quotes

Received as I am by the members of a legislature the majority of whom do not agree with me in political sentiments, I trust that I may have their assistance in piloting the ship of state through this voyage, surrounded by perils as it is; for if it should suffer wreck now, there will be no pilot ever needed for another voyage.

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Tags : Abraham Lincoln Quotes , Political Quotes , Suffering Quotes

The story depicts also the troubled part of the hero's life which precedes and leads up to his death; and an instantaneous death occurring by 'accident' in the midst of prosperity would not suffice for it. It is, in fact, essentially a tale of suffering and calamity conducting to death.

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Tags : A. C. Bradley Quotes , Hero Quotes , Suffering Quotes

Have you thought of the sufferings of Armenia? You poured out your money to help succor the Armenians after they suffered; now set your strength so that they shall never suffer again.

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Laughter isn't even the other side of tears. It is tears turned inside out. Truly the suffering is great, here on earth.

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Tags : Alice Walker Quotes , Laughter Quotes , Suffering Quotes

Those who suffer most cry out the least.

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It is important not to allow ourselves to be put off by the magnitude of others' suffering. The misery of millions is not a cause for pity. Rather it is a cause for compassion.

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Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Compassion Quotes , Suffering Quotes

Your readiness to suffer will light the torch of freedom which will never be put out.

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As individuals, we know that suffering is temporary, and hope is eternal.

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Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Suffering Quotes , Individual Quotes

I don't know how to live good. I only know how to suffer.

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Tags : Bob Marley Quotes , Suffering Quotes , Know How Quotes

If suffer we must, let's suffer on the heights.

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I have been schooled by my own suffering: I've learned the many ways of being purged.

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Tags : Aeschylus Quotes , Suffering Quotes , Way Quotes

Dear little Swallow,’ said the Prince, ‘you tell me of marvelous things, but more marvelous than anything is the suffering of men and of women. There is no Mystery so great as Misery.

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Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Men Quotes , Suffering Quotes

Thinking about the suffering of those you hold dear can reduce you to tears; in fact, you could spend the whole day crying.

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Tags : Anne Frank Quotes , Thinking Quotes , Suffering Quotes

An institution that suffers from a plethora of leaders is surely in a bad way.

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Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Leader Quotes , Suffering Quotes

Do not be a bodhisattva, do not be an arahant, do not be anything at all. If you are a bodhisattva, you will suffer, if you are an arahant, you will suffer, if you are anything at all, you will suffer.

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