God will test your faith in order to strengthen it, but Satan's temptations are intended to destroy your faith.

share any mental or physical opposition that you are experiencing.

If the root issues are not faced and resolved, growth will be stymied.

God does not promise to make a bad thing good, nor has He assured us that He will keep us from bad things. He has promised us that in all things-even those that are terrible-good can come out of it for all those who love Him.

I have changed drastically because I allow myself to not just grieve and feel down.

The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.

Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, this is recognised: that the human race has been harshly treated, but that it has advanced.

He who despairs is wrong.

You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. It is the cloud which thunders around everything that shines. Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats. Do no bother yourself about it; disdain. Keep your mind serene as you keep your life clear.

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it.

Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are done, we recognize one thing: that the human race has been badly manhandled, but that it has moved forward.

The soul that loves and suffers is in the sublime state.