"As a religious problem, the problem of suffering is, paradoxically, not how to avoid suffering but how to suffer, how to make of physical pain, personal loss, worldly defeat, or the helpless contemplation of others' agony something bearable, supportable- something as we say, sufferable."

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Source : Clifford Geertz (2017). “The Interpretation of Cultures”, p.111, Hachette UK

Clifford Geertz

#Strength Quotes #Religious Quotes #Pain Quotes

“Around the time I dropped out of college, I decided to start taking what I liked about short stories and apply it to writing songs - to make these things that would change and keep going.”

Source : "The Strangest Trip: Animal Collective on the Legacy of Animal Collective". Interview with Matthew Schnipper, pitchfork.com. February 8, 2016.
“It gives me no joy to be praised at the expense of a better artist, by someone who does not know the difference or who thinks me too vain to be aware of it myself.”
“Do not be satisfied with God's calling or His gifts in your life. Be satisfied with Jesus Christ Himself.”

Source : Brother Yun, Paul Hattaway (2009). “The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun”, p.302, Hendrickson Publishers
“The American people are not just being taxed to death; they're being taxed after death. But, no one should have to sell the life's work of a parent or a loved one just to pay the federal government.”
“So first, your memory I'll jog, And say: A CAT IS NOT A DOG”
“My nickname is Bondy. But not because of the Bond films - it was my surname a long time before I did those.”
“My style is a little quirky. I can't play as fast as most professional jazz players.”
“The hallmark of excellence, the test of greatness, is consistency.”

Source : Jim Tressel (2010). “The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life”, p.100, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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