One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called 'spiritual mindlessness. '
Observing life, living through it. As you experience life some events call upon you to suffer through them and that's what brings inspiration.
Day, the champion of the people, the one who can't bear to see those around him suffer on his behalf, who would gladly give his life for those he loves.
The world I live in is loathsome to me, but I feel one with the men who suffer in it
A society whose moral ideas, inhibit their own defense will always suffer defeat by the very predators they deem immoral. In any conflict the boundaries of behavior are defined by the party that cares the least about morality.
Our fathers and ourselves sowed dragon's teeth. Our children know and suffer the armed men.
Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections than those who are most content.
Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.
I suffer mornings most of all I feel so powerless and small By ten o'clock I'm back in bed Fighting the jury in my head
If I'm not doing the work I want, I usually suffer a psychological allergic reaction and get ill. It niggles when things get out of my control.
I put my hand out and wiped the vomit from his lips, and cooed soothing words to him. It squeezed my heart to see him suffer like this - but where my genuine concern for him ended and where my self-interest began, I could not tell: no servant can ever tell what the motives of his heart are. "Do we loathe our masters behind a facade of love - or do we love them behind a facade of loathing? "We are made mysteries to ourselves by the Rooster Coop we are locked in.
You could have all the money in the world, but you have to be smart enough knowing how to spend it. I really try to be on that smart money side. Once you make a serious mistake you can suffer five or six years, and I do my best to avoid serious mistakes.
More children suffer from interference than from non-interference.
People come and go, pain comes and goes. But so does joy. And if our hearts are closed because we don't want to suffer, they won't be open enough to recognize the joy as it flies by.
Do not suffer interim losses, relish and appreciate them
It's good to suffer. Dont complain. Bear, bow, accept - and be grateful that God has made you suffer. For this makes you better than the people who are laughing and happy.
We are all meaning-seeking, meaning creating creatures and when we experience the loss of meaning, we suffer.
I'd rather suffer 1000 truths than enjoy 1 lie.
While I believe in all that freedom, I also believe that no one should suffer needlessly.
Misfortunes one can endure--they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults--ah!--there is the sting of life.