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"
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.
God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Suffering is a product of limited knowledge.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.
-Helen Keller
To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered.
-Oscar Wilde
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
-Alan Watts
There are sufferings that have lost their memory and do not remember why they are suffering.
-Antonio Porchia
"Voces (Voices)"
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.
-Charles Dickens
"Great Expectations"
Nothing is more seductive for man than his freedom of conscience. But nothing is a greater cause of suffering.
-Fyodor M. Dostoevsky