SufferingIf you suffer, thank God! -- it is a sure sign that you are alive. Anything, anything would be better than this agony of mind, this creeping
pain that gnaws and fumbles and caresses one and never hurts quite enough Suffering, once accepted, loses its edge, for the terror of it
lessens, and what remains is generally far more manageable than we
had imagined. But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one
can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the
struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing
what you're fighting for. He who suffers much will know much Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the
nature of infinity Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the
parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life. Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong Suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces
character, and character produces hope (Romans 5:3-4). The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create,
to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than
our suffering. All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming. Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head
down and plow ahead. Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities
with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness
of mind. You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the
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