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Hell has no benefits, only torture.
- John Milton
His tears were not for Himself, though He well knew whither His feet were tending. Before Him lay Gethsemane, the scene of His approaching agony. The sheep gate also was in sight, through which for centuries the victims for sacrifice had been led, and which was to open for Him when He should be "brought as a lamb to the slaughter." Not far distant was Calvary, the place of crucifixion.
- Ellen White
Moreover, when the issues at hand seem as perplexing as they often do in the case of this dreadful conflict, we are always on the verge of being mesmerized by uncertainty. But we must move on. Some of us who have already begun to break the silence of the night have found that the calling to speak is often a vocation of agony, but we must speak. We must speak with all the humility that is appropriate to our limited vision, but we must speak.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Some of us who have already begun to break the silence of the night have found that the calling to speak is often a vocation of agony, but we must speak. We must speak with all the humility that is appropriate to our limited vision, but we must speak.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
And I have such a cold in the head—I can do nothing but sniffle, sigh and sneeze. Isn't that alliterative agony for you?
- LM Montgomery
Pay special attention to their agony so I might take some pleasure.
- Euripides
Hell is life drying up.
- Joseph Campbell
My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death.
- Anonymous
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
- Anonymous
History is a bath of blood.
- William James
Prayer in its highest form is agonizing soul sweat.
- Leonard Ravenhill
Prayer-though it is often draining, even an agony-is in the long term the greatest source of power that is possible.
- Timothy Keller