The readiest way which God takes to draw a man to himself is, to afflict him in that he loves most, and… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
The sorest afflictions never appear intolerable, but when we see them in the wrong light; when we see them in the hand… — Brother Lawrence Copy Share Image
He is not far off; He is there, very close. He is looking at us, and He is begging this sorrow, this… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
At times God's best pupils experience the most rigorous and continuous courses. Eventually those who prove to be men of Christ will… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The poisonous serpent of afflictions is sleeping in your mind; just as if a black viper were asleep in your room. You… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I’ve discovered a new affliction; it’s called Orphan Black Eyes. When people ask me what I’m working on and I tell them… — Michelle Forbes Copy Share Image
Providence is wonderfully intricate. Ah! You want always to see through Providence, do you not? You never will, I assure you. You… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Far from seeking to justify, as does the Church, the necessity of torments and afflictions, he cried, in his outraged pity: 'If… — Joris-Karl Huysmans Copy Share Image
My Lord Jesus has fully recompensed my sadness with his joys, my losses with his own presence. I find it a sweet… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
In a great affliction there is no light either in the stars or in the sun; for when the inward light is… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“Afflictions are light when compared with what we really deserve. They are light when compared with sufferings of the Lord Jesus. But… — Arthur W. Pink Copy Share Image
When we give thanks in all things, we see hardships and adversities in the context of the purpose of life... We are… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
It would much conduce to the settlement of your heart, to consider that by fretting and discontent you do yourself more injury… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
Mental illness is by far the most misunderstood, and stigmatized, of all afflictions. Statistically, one in three families in the U.S. deals… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“The cross, therefore, is always ready; it awaits you everywhere. "No matter where you may go, you cannot escape it, for wherever… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
We must look deeply into the nature of our volition to see whether it is pushing us in the direction of liberation… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
As the musician straineth his strings, and yet he breaketh none of them, but maketh thereby a sweeter melody and better concord;… — Daniel Cawdry Copy Share Image
The Jewish background is not that far from the black groove. Blacks are downtrodden, Jews are downtrodden, therefore they have something in… — Jerry Leiber Copy Share Image
Another fundamental principle taught by the Law of Moses is this: Wrong cannot be ascribed to God in any way whatever; all… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
No marvel if the worldling escape earthly afflictions. God corrects him not. He is base born and begot. God will not do… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
“Hat head is a sad affliction wherein the chosen hat and the selected hairstyle are grossly incompatible. The unfortunate combination results in… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but to make us wise;… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Look into the world--how often do you behold a sordid wretch, whose straight heart is open to no man's affliction, taking shelterbehind… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
These reflections made me very sensible of the goodness of Providence to me, and very thankful for my present condition, with all… — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
It would be a very sharp & trying experience to me to think that I have an affliction which God never sent… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
To speak of the Blessed Sacrament is to speak of what is most sacred. How often, when we are in a state… — Mary Euphrasia Pelletier Copy Share Image
Your afflictions may only prove that you are more immediately under the Father's hand. There is no time that the patient is… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne Copy Share Image
Personal size and mental sorrow have certainly no necessary proportions. A large bulky figure has a good a right to be in… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I don't think workaholic is in the dictionary as an affliction, but it's obviously someone who has a disease, and I don't… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
You will not find one Godly man who came out of an affliction worse than when he went into it. Though for… — Jeremiah Burroughs Copy Share Image
The best helps to growth in grace are the ill usage, the affronts, and the losses which befall us. We should receive… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distresses of every one, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse;… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Hazel Grace,” he said. “Hi,” I said. “How are you?” “Grand,” he said. “I have been wanting to call you on a… — John Green Copy Share Image
We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, affliction, or infamy. We kill when, because it is easier, we countenance, or… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration. The remedy the world needeth in its present-day afflictions can… — Bahá'u'lláh Copy Share Image
Tears and sorrows and losses are a part of what must be experienced in this present state of life: some for our… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
