Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.

Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely
dread.
[Lat., Graviora quae patiantur videntur jam read more

Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely
dread.
[Lat., Graviora quae patiantur videntur jam hominibus quam quae
metuant.]

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

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

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

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.

They, the holy ones and weakly,
Who the cross of suffering bore,
Folded their pale hands so read more

They, the holy ones and weakly,
Who the cross of suffering bore,
Folded their pale hands so meekly,
Spake with us on earth no more!

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

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

We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it in full.

We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it in full.