Posts tagged suffering
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.
As long as you can make an identity for yourself out of pain, you cannot be free of it.
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.
There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own soul.
Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths.
I’m choosing happiness over suffering. I’m making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises
You can accept or reject the way you are treated by other people, but until you heal the wounds of your past, you will continue to bleed.
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggles, known loss, and found their way out of the depths. These people have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people don’t just happen.
… I felt sad because I realized that once people are broken in certain ways they can’t ever be fixed, and that is something that no-one ever tells you when you are young - and it never fails to surprise you as you grow older, and you see people in your life break one by one”.
