There are people who are destined to taste only the poison in things, for whom any surprise is a painful surprise and any experience a new occasion for torture. if someone were to say to me that such suffering has subjective reasons, related to the individual's particular makeup, i would then ask; is there an objective criterion for evaluating suffering? who can say with precision that my neighbor suffers more than i do or that jesus suffered more than all of us? there is no objective standard because suffering cannot be measured according to the external stimulation or local irritation of the organism, but only as it is felt and reflected in consciousness. alas, from this point of view, any hierarchy is out of the question. each person remains with his own suffering, which he believes absolute and unlimited. how much would we diminish our own personal suffering if we were to compare it to all the world's sufferings until now, to the most horrifying agonies and the most complicated tortures, the mostcruel deaths and the most painful betrayals, all the lepers, all those burned alive or starved to death? nobody is comforted in his sufferings by the thought that we are all mortals, nor does anybody who suffers really find comfort in the past or present suffering of others. because in this organically insufficient and fragmentary world, the individual is set to live fully, wishing to make of his own existence an absolute.
Emil M. CioranTag: pain suffering poison absolute-suffering suffering-hierarchy
all men carry murder in their hearts, yet even so, the poisoner is beneath contempt.
George R.R. MartinShattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul.
George R.R. MartinWhat is another person's pleasure is another's poison.
Cassandra ClareAlthough it is pleasant to think about poison at any season, there is something special about Christmas, and I found myself grinning.
Alan BradleyTag: humor christmas holidays poison
Challenges in life can either enrich you or poison you. You are the one who decides.
Steve MaraboliTag: life success happiness poison challenges
While I prepared to poison my girlfriend, I sorted through the previous day’s post
Andrew K. LawstonTag: poison salmagundi
The Buddha taught that all life is suffering. We might also say that life, being both attractive and constantly dangerous, is intoxicating and ultimately toxic. 'Toxic' comes from toxicon, Pendell tells us, with a root meaning of 'a poisoned arrow.' All organic life is struck by the arrows of real and psychic poisons. This is understood by any true, that is to say, not self-deluding, spiritual path.
Gary SnyderTag: suffering spirituality poison
We were left with nothing because of a love like acid that ate its way through our entire family.
R.D. RonaldTag: reflection poison acid love-hurts love-gone-wrong
Not all poison was bitter. Some of the deadliest poisons in the world tasted sweet; they were that much more dangerous because of it.
Nenia CampbellTag: danger poison evil-men evil-people
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