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!

People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.

People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.

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.

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 truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid read more

The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt

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.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

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

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

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.