Human Suffering

Famous quotes containing the words human and/or suffering:

“Nature predominates over the human will in all works of even the fine arts, in all that respects their material and external circumstances. Nature paints the best part of the picture, carves the best of the statue, builds the best part of the house, and speaks the best part of the oration.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one’s own the suffering and joys of others.”
—André Gide (1869–1951)