The more the diamond is cut, the brighter it sparkles; and in what seems hard dealing, there God has no end in view but to perfect His people.
-Thomas Guthrie
Quotations
Suffering
The word ‘happiness’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
-Carl Gustav Jung
Suffering is a journey which has an end.
-Matthew Fox
It is the law of nature that when adversity strikes, nature invariably provides
us with the strength to endure that pain. Look for yourself, we are not that
disheartened with the pains of present...but are worried sick about the pains to
come in future.
-Deep Trivedi
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
-Anonymous
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.
-Helen Keller
Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.
-Meister Eckhart "Meister Eckhart"
Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
-Alan Watts
