How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
SaadiSaadi Amputees suffer pains, cramps, itches in the leg that is no longer there. That is how she felt without him, feeling his presence where he no longer was.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
Viktor FranklViktor Frankl 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 DickensCharles Dickens Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don’t make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit.
Anne LamottAnne Lamott Truth suffers, but never dies.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.
John GreenJohn Green A suffering person does not need a lecture – he needs a listener.
Billy GrahamBilly Graham A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.
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