The avoidance of that
The avoidance of that which causes you pain does not produce enlightenment. It produces avoidance. Religion is the avoidance of pain and suffering. Frederick Lenz
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The avoidance of that which causes you pain does not produce enlightenment. It produces avoidance. Religion is the avoidance of pain and suffering. Frederick Lenz
You have no fixed self. This is only an illusion that causes you to feel pain and suffering. Frederick Lenz
At the end of your life you will probably end up in an old-age home, or in a back room in one of your children’s houses, left only with a handful of fading memories and a body racked with great pain and suffering. Frederick Lenz
When I wrote \”Win,\” it only took about eight months, but eight months of sheer pain and suffering because every phrase that’s in there – and there are about 130 specific linguistic recommendations – I had to test every one to make sure that it worked. Frank Luntz
Musically, there’s probably nothing better than, after spending weeks or months of grinding on a lyric or a song, when you play a good song from beginning to end for the first time – there’s a moment there where all the pain and suffering is worth it. Five for Fighting
I shall live forever. And I don’t mean in a metaphorical sense. I don’t mean I’ll live forever in the hearts and minds of my readers. I mean I will literally live forever, drawing as I do from your pain and suffering.Your pain makes me strong. Derek Landy
If you are experiencing confusion, pain, and suffering, it may be that God is working things out for you in his own way. It is most often the sovereign work of our God unfolding a master plan known only to him. David Wilkerson
We act, though, not under a utopian illusion that you or I or anyone or everyone together can rid this world of pain and suffering. That responsibility belongs to the resurrected Christ, and he will do it when he returns. But until that day, we do with an undivided heart whatever God calls us to … Read more
Satan can imitate God, but he cannot duplicate Him – God is the only One who can deliver us from our pain and suffering. David Jeremiah
I think with all the odd jobs I ever had, there was some kind of enlightenment but, yes, a lot of pain and suffering that I don’t want to relive. David Boreanaz