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Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is not quest without pain; there is no lover who is not read more
Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is not quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr.
Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.
Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.
How little it takes to make life unbearable: a pebble in the shoe, a cockroach in the spaghetti, a woman's read more
How little it takes to make life unbearable: a pebble in the shoe, a cockroach in the spaghetti, a woman's laugh.
We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it in full.
We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it in full.
The heart was made to be broken
The heart was made to be broken
It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge.
It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge.
To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, read more
To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy, one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness.
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus
whom thou persecutest: it is read more
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus
whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the
pricks.
I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was
none with me: for I will tread read more
I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was
none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample
them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my
garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
