Can it be, O Christ in heaven, that the holiest suffer most,
That the strongest wander furthest, and more read more

Can it be, O Christ in heaven, that the holiest suffer most,
That the strongest wander furthest, and more hopelessly are lost?

Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.

Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.

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

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

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.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

And taste
The melancholy joys of evils pass'd,
For he who much has suffer'd, much will know.

And taste
The melancholy joys of evils pass'd,
For he who much has suffer'd, much will know.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

Oh, I have suffered
With those that I saw suffer!

Oh, I have suffered
With those that I saw suffer!

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.