Quotes about Suffering

I see myself in all the people in the world who are suffering and who are very badly treated and who are often made to feel that they have no place on this Earth.

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.

The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I defended myself against him by alleging the trials which Christ endured, and that it was not much for me to suffer something for His sake; besides, He would help me to bear it.

St. Paul did not want the sufferings encountered by being a Christian to discourage or dishearten anyone. He realized that when the Christian saw the blessings and grace that poured upon him after his trials, he would gain courage to suffer in his turn.

We are sick of war, we don't want to fight, And yet we gorge ourselves upon the dead.

The difference between where you are and where God wants you to be is equal to the pain you're willing to endure.

We are the offspring of history, and must establish our own paths in this most diverse and interesting of conceivable universes—one indifferent to our suffering, and therefore offering us maximum freedom to thrive, or to fail, in our own chosen way.

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.

Every experience in life is designed to magnify the cross of Christ.

Only He who really lived a human life (and I presume that only one did) can fully taste the horror of death.

Why must all of the operations in life be performed without an anesthetic?

Life is hard, but death is even harder.