Quotes about Suffering
I have pain; there is no arguing against sense, but I have peace, I have peace.
- Richard Baxter
A man may be carried on in a constant course of mortification all his days; and yet perhaps never enjoy a good day of peace and consolation.
- John Owen
Is it not better for a man to die for a cause in which he believes, such as peace, than to suffer for a cause in which he does not believe, such as war?
- Albert Einstein
We are the living graves of murdered beasts, slaughtered to satisfy our appetites. How can we hope in this world to attain the peace we say we are so anxious for?
- George Bernard Shaw
leave me in peace, let me sleep one night at least without my pillow being wet with tears, my eyes burning and my head throbbing
- Anne Frank
Ah! Happy they whose hearts can breakAnd peace of pardon win!How else may man make straight his pathAnd cleanse his soul from sin?How else but through a broken heartMay the Lord Christ enter in?
- Oscar Wilde
It doesn't matter if an animal can reason. It matters only that it is capable of suffering and that is why I consider it my neighbor.
- Albert Schweitzer
Who, cher monsieur, will sleep on the floor for us? Whether I am capable of it myself? Look, I'd like to be and I shall be. Yes, we shall all be capable of it one day, and that will be salvation.
- Albert Camus
Nations are born out of travail and suffering
- Mahatma Gandhi
All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.
- Helen Keller
Pain is the seasoning that gives pleasure its flavor.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
Even though we must walk in the land of fear, there is no need to fear. The power of His resurrection comes before the fellowship of His sufferings.
- Amy Carmichael