George Saunders Quotes About Suffering

Quotes about: Suffering

• What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of me, suffering, and I responded . . . sensibly. Reservedly. Mildly.

  George Saunders

  Graduation, Kindness, Regret

  George Saunders (2014). “Congratulations, by the way: Some Thoughts on Kindness”, p.22, A&C Black

• I still believe that capitalism is too harsh and I believe that, even within that, there is a lot of satisfaction and beauty if you happen to be one of the lucky ones, although that doesn't eradicate the reality of the suffering. It's all true at once, kind of humming and sublime.

  George Saunders

  Believe, Reality, Sublime

  "On "Tenth of December": An Interview With George Saunders" by Deborah Treisman, www.newyorker.com. January 24, 2013.

• I know this will sound naïve, but I often wonder what America would be like if our national ethos was simply to minimize suffering. Period. To try, every day, to convert our wonderful wealth and national energy into the cessation of suffering wherever we find it. Imagine if that was our national mindset. Well, we can-we must-dream.

  George Saunders

  Dream, Ethos, America

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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