Quotes about Suffering
Happiness, remarked Maury Noble one day, is only the first hour after the alleviation of some especially intense misery.
- F Scott Fitzgerald
Job found contentment and even joy, outside the context of comfort, health or stability. He understood the story was not about him, and he cared more about the story then he did about himself.
- Donald Miller
I understand that suffering, when it cannot be avoided, is here to help me on my way to my dreams
- Paulo Coelho
The greatest Christians in history seem to say that their sufferings ended up bringing them the closest to God - so this is the best thing that could happen, not the worst.
- Peter Kreeft
Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.
- Albert Camus
History is a bath of blood.
- William James
We suffer with those who have disappeared, those who have had to flee their homes, and those who have been tortured.
- Oscar Romero
I think the world today is upside down, and is suffering so much, because there is so very little love in the homes and in family life.
- Mother Teresa
It takes courage to live through suffering; and it takes honesty to observe it.
- CS Lewis
The Lord confers great honor on his servants when he brings them suffering.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I see crosses at every turn. My flesh shudders over it, but my heart adores them. Yes, I hail you, crosses little and great, I hail you, and kiss your feet, unworthy of the honor of your shadow.
- Francis de Sales
Hope is lived when it comes alive, when we go outside of ourselves and, in joy and pain take part in the lives of others.
- Jurgen Moltmann