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
I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.
-Colette
There is nothing wrong with God’s creation. Mystery and suffering only exist in the mind.
-Ramana Maharshi "Ramana Maharshi"
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
We are never so defenceless against suffering as when we love.
-Sigmund Freud
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
-Alan Watts
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
-Helen Keller
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
-Anonymous
Behold the man who shields his family from all suffering. Has not his body become a willing vessel for affliction? Without good men to hold it up, the family house will fall when misfortune descends.
-Scriptures "Tirukkural 103:1029-1030"
Suffering is a product of limited knowledge.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
