We have suffered lightly, if we have suffered what we should weep
for.
[Lat., Levia perpessi sumus
read more

We have suffered lightly, if we have suffered what we should weep
for.
[Lat., Levia perpessi sumus
Si flenda patimur.]

I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.

I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.

The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.

The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.

He jests at scars that never felt a wound

He jests at scars that never felt a wound

We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, ''Blessed are they that mourn.''

We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, ''Blessed are they that mourn.''

Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of read more

Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that there is in the world.

The heart was made to be broken

The heart was made to be broken

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes read more

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.

What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.

What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.