Ali ibn Abi Talib Quotes

I've seen the hell these people go through.

There is nothing the government has not done to me. There isn't any pain I haven't known.

One man’s exile is but a drop in the sea of human misery

That's what 'Hell On Earth' was about: we felt that we were living in hell.

The amount of suffering I've seen is beyond belief. The amount of inequality is beyond belief.

I got beat up my whole life.

The word 'suffering' is not in my vocabulary.

While we yearn for peace, we live in a world burdened with hunger, pain, anguish, loneliness, sickness, and sorrow.

Only the tortured can understand those who have been tortured.

I have lived poverty. I didn't choose it. No one would choose humiliation, pain, and rage.

People don't know what pain is until they suffer.

Non-fictionalised accounts of horrific accidents, bereavement, and the outrages of officialdom tend to move us deeply.

I used to sleep on floors and face racial abuse.

I cannot tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth.

It's true that I suffered a lot, especially when I was younger.

Jews, black people - any people who are hated or who have suffered, either as individuals or as a people - use humour. It is a survival skill.

There are people who are suffering beyond description. They are innocent people, they didn't bring this upon themselves. They are the victims of the sins of other people. And while it's hard to see, it's important to understand that these people exist.

Ghettos and barrios and abusive homes and trauma wards may produce scarred souls; they can cripple more human spirits than they strengthen.

My childhood was appalling.

I came out even with all the struggles I endured on Rikers Island.

I am a woman like any other and ugly things happen to me like any other women.

Nothing can make you more humble than pain.

Soul music is pain - you can hear the slaves, the beatin' and the hurtin'.

I have been to hell and back. I have seen the edge. I have seen the dark side of life.