For, as wolves and tigers gorge themselves with flesh and lick their gory chops, so do nations gorge themselves with human victims, not in detail, but in masses, by wholesale. —Henry C. Wright More about this quote Tags: war suffering viciousness gore Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “suffering” The man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears. —Michel de Montaigne More about this quote Tags: fear suffering Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email My father . . . used to say, "I need my anger. It obliges me to take action." I think my father was partly right. Anger arises, naturally, to signal disturbing situations that might require action. But actions initiated in anger perpetuate suffering. The most effective actions are those conceived in the wisdom of clarity. —Sylvia Boorstein More about this quote Tags: action wisdom suffering anger clarity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Knowing he was suffering pained me. That's the way love tangles you up. I couldn't stop loving him, and couldn't shut off the feelings of wanting to care for him—but I also didn't have to run to answer his letters. I was hurting, too, and no one was running to me. —Paula McLain in The Paris Wife More about this quote Tags: love suffering care Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Great artists suffer for the people. —Marvin Gaye More about this quote Tags: art suffering Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email What he did was wrong. He doesn't deserve your love. But he does deserve your forgiveness, because otherwise he will grow like a weed in your heart until it's choked and overrun. The only person who suffers, when you squirrel away all that hate, is you. —Jodi Picoult in The Storyteller More about this quote Tags: love hate forgiveness suffering Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears. —Michel de Montaigne More about this quote Tags: fear suffering Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
My father . . . used to say, "I need my anger. It obliges me to take action." I think my father was partly right. Anger arises, naturally, to signal disturbing situations that might require action. But actions initiated in anger perpetuate suffering. The most effective actions are those conceived in the wisdom of clarity. —Sylvia Boorstein More about this quote Tags: action wisdom suffering anger clarity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Knowing he was suffering pained me. That's the way love tangles you up. I couldn't stop loving him, and couldn't shut off the feelings of wanting to care for him—but I also didn't have to run to answer his letters. I was hurting, too, and no one was running to me. —Paula McLain in The Paris Wife More about this quote Tags: love suffering care Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Great artists suffer for the people. —Marvin Gaye More about this quote Tags: art suffering Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
What he did was wrong. He doesn't deserve your love. But he does deserve your forgiveness, because otherwise he will grow like a weed in your heart until it's choked and overrun. The only person who suffers, when you squirrel away all that hate, is you. —Jodi Picoult in The Storyteller More about this quote Tags: love hate forgiveness suffering Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email