Every affliction has its own rich lesson to teach, if we would learn it. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
After Daskalos returned to his armchair and was getting ready to continue our discussion I asked him whether the affliction of that… — Kyriacos C. Markides Copy Share Image
A friend of mine urged me to see my pain as an opportunity. And since the same psychic that contacted Dion Fortune… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
It may serve as a comfort to us, in all our calamities and afflictions, that he that loses anything and gets wisdom… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
His gaze narrowed and she could see his hands twitching again like he’d love nothing more than to throttle her. She was… — Maya Banks Copy Share Image
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
Contrary to what might be expected, I look back on experiences that at the time seemed especially desolating and painful with particular… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
Behold, for years and generations, the way of God has been leveled by the cross and by death. How is this with… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
Now that another is suffering pain at thy hand, trust not that thy heart shall be exempt from affliction. — Saadi Copy Share Image
Ten times must you laugh during the day, and be cheerful; otherwise your stomach, the father of affliction, will disturb you in… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Glory follows afflictions, not as the day follows the night but as the spring follows the winter; for the winter prepares the… — Richard Sibbes Copy Share Image
A believer may pass through much affliction, and yet secure very little blessing from it all. Abiding in Christ is the secret… — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
The highest honor that God can confer upon his children is the blood-red crown of martyrdom. The jewels of a Christian are… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Of all affliction taught a lover yet, 'Tis true the hardest science to forget. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Facts do not find their way into the world in which our beliefs reside; they did not produce our beliefs, they do… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
The only thing that really teaches one what life's about the joy of understanding, the joy of coming in contact with what… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
Since the insignificance of all things is our lot, we should not bear it as an affliction but learn to enjoy it. — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I've stammered all my life, and it's fair to say that my stammer has shaped my life. It's made me make some… — Gareth Gates Copy Share Image
... Grief is selfish. It is indulged in for self-gratification, not for love. Cosmic man knows the beauty and unreality of death.… — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
Our afflictions brothers and sisters often will not be extinguished, they will be dwarfed and swallowed up in the joy of Christ.… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Having a crush is a bit like being infected with the most annoying, troubling and yet delicious disease you could get. It… — Claire Smith Copy Share Image
Giving comfort under affliction requires that penetration into the human mind, joined to that experience which knows how to soothe, how to… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
By looking up, by raising our eyes above our limited horizon, we are more likely to perceive the blessings hidden in affliction. — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
