Angelina Jolie Quotes

I don't think I should accept other people's suffering because I suffered. Just the opposite, because I suffered I don't want others to suffer.

I used to believe that hurting would make you more alive to the hurting of others. I used to believe in feeling bad because somebody else did. Now I'm not so sure of either.

Heartbreak makes us stronger; it's an opportunity for spiritual growth. How can you understand someone else's pain if you have not yourself suffered?

To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare.

Ever since I was a child, I would start crying seeing anyone in pain.

Don't waste your pain; use it to help others.

Pain sure does bring out the best in people, doesn't it?

Lincoln had internalized the pain of those around him-the wounded soldiers, the captured prisoners, the defeated Southerners. Little wonder that he was overwhelmed at times by a profound sadness that even his own resilient temperament could not dispel.

It is people who go through suffering that have an empathy for the suffering of others.

It is not to say that everything is fine and a positive attitude is all you need. But I share about values and principles and attitudes and I never tell people I understand their pain.

So long as one is able to pose one has still much to learn about suffering.

We bear, all of us, the misfortunes of other people with heroic constancy.

... Not only are we comforted in our trials, but our trials can equip us to comfort others.

If people can live through genocide and retain compassion, if they can take strength in pain, if they are able, still, to laugh, then certainly we can learn something from them.

Every single person has a story that will break your heart. And if you're paying attention, many people... have a story that will bring you to your knees. Nobody rides for free.

Kindness-mere kindness-cannot tolerate suffering. Love can.

Our work is to keep our hearts open in hell.

I'm not really concerned about boundaries. I just follow my conscience and my heart. Follow your heart. That's what I do. Compassion is something I have a lot of, because I've been through a lot of pain in my life. Anybody who has suffered a lot of pain has a lot of compassion.

Silence in times of suffering is the best.

Suffering brings your heart to bear. It gets you where you are!

Those who have suffered are best able to help those who are suffering.

Sometimes one has suffered enough to have the right to never say: I am too happy.

I don't smile much, and I never laugh. If you'd been through what I've been through, you wouldn't be smiling, either.

I speak to people who have been through so much more.

Cancer has given me a dose of humility. I'm much more empathetic. It's a club I would rather not have joined, but it is a club.