The pleasure in this world, it has been said, outweighs the pain; or, at any rate, there is an even balance between the two. If the reader wishes to see shortly whether this statement is true, let him compare the respective feelings of two animals, one of which is engaged in eating the other.

When you observe that the fire in your room is getting dull, you do not always put on more coal, but simply stir with the poker; so God often uses the black poker of adversity in order that the flames of devotion may burn more brightly.

The black unicorn was mistaken for a shadow or symbol and taken through a cold country where mist painted mockeries of my fury.

Don't make waves is good advice from a leaky boat.

Being out of work brought a lot of new and starkly instructive experiences.

For the first time since her return, she felt pain, a violent pain, but it made her feel alive, because it was worth feeling.

It's good to suffer. Dont complain. Bear, bow, accept - and be grateful that God has made you suffer. For this makes you better than the people who are laughing and happy.

No happy person can be quite so impervious to pain (Gail Wynand to Dominique Francon)

I'm not capable of suffering completely. I never have. It goes only down to a certain point and then it stops. As long as there is that untouched point, it's not really pain.

He has once built his fortune, starting out with empty hands; now he had to rebuild his life, starting out with an empty spirit

There is no necessity for pain-why, then, is the worst pain reserved for those who will not accept its necessity?

Life is suffering--and yet.