"The pain and suffering that comes to us has a purpose in our lives-it is trying to teach us something. We should look for its lesson."

-- Peace Pilgrim

#Pain Quotes #Suffering Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Negative minds full of fear and doubt produce negative lives, which can ultimately destroy your life.”
“Don't follow a defeated foe. Follow Christ. It is costly. You will be an exile in this age. But you will be free.”
“You can't twist Al Sharpton's arm.”
“I was taught that candles are like house cats - domesticated versions of something wild and dangerous. There's no way to know how much of that killer instinct lurks in the darkness. I used to think the house-burning paranoia was the result of some upper-middle-class fear regarding the potential destruction of a half-million-dollar Westchester house the size of a matchbox. But then I realized the fear stemmed from something far less complex: we're not used to fire. Candles are a staple of the Judaic existence and, like many suburban residents before us, we're pretty bad Jews.”
“Art forms of the past were really considered elitist. Bach did not compose for the masses, neither did Beethoven. It was always for patrons, aristocrats, and royalty. Now we have a sort of democratic version of that, which is to say that the audience is so splintered in its interests.”
“Because everything of value that we will know in this life comes from our relationships with those around us. Because there is nothing material that measures against the intangibles of love and friendship.”
“Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.”
“If you throw away all thoughts of attainment, you will then come to see the real purpose of your quest.”

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