Time, consoler of affliction and softener of anger

Time passes, Time the consoler, Time the anodyne.

— William Makepeace Thackeray

Short-term amnesia is not the worst affliction if you have an Irish flair for the sauce.

— Norman Mailer

Religion prescribes to every miserable man the means of bettering his condition; nay, it shows him that the bearing of his afflictions as he…

— Joseph Addison

Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more.

— John Bunyan

God measures out affliction to our need.

— Saint John Chrysostom

We are infinitely more than our limitations and afflictions.

— Jeffrey R. Holland

May I strike my heart's keys clearly, and may none fail because of slack, uncertain, or fraying strings. May the tears that stream down…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Aimee Parkison offers a distinct new voice to contemporary fiction. Her seductive stories explore childhood as a realm of sorrows, and reveal the afflictions…

— Carol Anshaw

New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas.

— Sol LeWitt

Henceforth, I'll bear Affliction till it do cry out itself, 'Enough, enough, and die.

— William Shakespeare

Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy.

— George MacDonald

There is nothing in afflictions which ought to disturb our joy.

— John Calvin

WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard.

— Ambrose Bierce

Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider…

— Richard Cecil

I don't feel insecure about any of this work anymore. Maybe I don't have what I had when I was younger. I'm not really…

— Edward Norton