“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.”
Helen Keller
“Enjoying the joys of others and suffering with them - these are the best guides for man”
Albert Einstein
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
Kahlil Gibran
“Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt”
Thomas Merton
“Life is suffering.”
Buddha
“People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.”
Chuck Palahniuk
