Quotes about Distress

The soul is frail, but God is full of compassion for the distress of the soul, for the failure of the heart. It is said in the Talmud: "There are some who desire [to help others] but have not the means; whilst others have the means [and help] but have not the desire [to help]." Yet both kinds of people are holy in the eyes of God.

Distress at losing an object can be as much a frustration at the intellectual mystery of the disappearance as about the loss itself.

The joy of God has gone through the poverty of the manger and the distress of the cross; therefore it is invincible and irrefutable.

Satan, whose very first act toward man was to question the goodness of God, will even plant the thought in our minds that God is up in heaven mocking us in our distress.

My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.

Financial problems cause distress and loss of self-respect.

Lenina was shocked by his blasphemy. 'Bernard!' she protested in a voice of amazed distress. 'How can you?' In a different key, 'How can I?' he repeated meditatively. 'No, the real problem is: How is it that I can't, or rather - because, after all, I know quite well why I can't - what it be like if I could, if I were free - not enslaved by my conditioning.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

Every day I see Jesus Christ in all his distressing disguises.

Non-comprehenders are often distressed. Not you, though-because with good humor you're blessed. After all, your thoughts went like this, I dare say: It was none but the Lord who made us that way.

For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress.

My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death.