It is an experiment worth trying to be alone and to be quiet for a brief period every day. Under city conditions it may be difficult to carry out, bu….

I'm choosing to suffer less. To put myself and my family through less pain..

If a being suffers there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter what the nature of the being….

I am convinced, the longer I live, that life & its blessings are not so entirely unjustly distributed, are [as] when we are suffering greatly, we are….

Pain is pain, and the importance of preventing unnecessary pain and suffering does not diminish because the being that suffers is not a member of our….

When suffering happens, it forces us to confront life in a different way than we normally do..

It must be a source of great chagrin to those in charge to think of so many people being able to stick a stamp on a letter and drop it in a mail box ….

All life was a breath exhaled by God. All dying was a breath inhaled by God..

Faith in God offers no insurance against tragedy..

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories..

Youth might be wise; we suffer less from pains than pleasures..

We look directly into our suffering rather than try to become happy. The happiness that arises from this approach is reliable..

There's nothing like suffering to remind us how not in control we actually are, how little power we ultimately have, and how much we ultimately need ….

Our top priority is to relieve suffering of human beings..

The sufferings endured for God are the greatest proof of our love for Him..

The brightest ornaments in the crown of the blessed in heaven are the sufferings which they have borne patiently on earth..

Suffering belongs to no language..

"Man is born unto the trouble as the sparks fly upwards." In other words suffering is germane to our existence; indeed, how without it, should we be ….

Even though we must walk in the land of fear, there is no need to fear. The power of His resurrection comes before the fellowship of His sufferings..

God is not interested in what you think you should be or feel. He is not interested in the narrative you construct for yourself, or that others const….

Come to him. He turns no penitent one away. Would you, if you had paid so much in suffering? Would you ever give up? All the doors that are locked ag….