Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always oppress those who are unfortunate. — Ovid Copy Share Image
Never does a man know the force that is in him till some mighty affliction or grief has humanized the soul. — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
Of the seven deadly sins, surely it is pride that most commonly afflicts the gardener. — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Some of life's greatest lessons are learned in the school of affliction. — Marianette Carbito Copy Share Image
Every affliction has its own rich lesson to teach, if we would learn it. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
It seems to me that doubt is worse than trial. I had sooner suffer any affliction than be left to question the… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
We are all aware that corruption is pervasive. It operates at every level. The poor may carry its greatest burden, but it… — Rahul Gandhi Copy Share Image
Knowing the truth concerning the deep workings of the evil spirit helps the individual not only to overcome sins but to eliminate… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
In 1989, my father died after a prolonged struggle with Alzheimer's disease. All four of his siblings followed him into the shadow… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
By affliction Christ shows us our emptiness and weakness, draws us to the throne of grace, purifies our affections, weans us from… — J. C. Ryle 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
Steadfast benevolence, sustained by the wisdom that anything other than benevolence is painful, protects the mind from all afflictions. — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
Religion prescribes to every miserable man the means of bettering his condition; nay, it shows him that the bearing of his afflictions… — Joseph Addison 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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
How I will cherish you then, you grief-torn nights! Had I only received you, inconsolable sisters, on more abject knees, only buried… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
We must have faith during the period of our grief. We think that our afflictions will be greater than we can bear,… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
I see,... and with the deepest affliction, the rapid strides with which the federal branch of our government is advancing towards the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When old companions, old lusts, and sins crowd in upon you, and when you feel that you are ready to sink, what… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne Copy Share Image
In a word, the Holy Scripture is the highest and best of books, abounding in comfort under all afflictions and trials. It… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
God takes the most eminent and choicest of His servants for the choicest and most eminent afflictions. They who have received most… — Joseph Caryl Copy Share Image
It is then, we say, in the successive stages of his experience, that the believer sees more distinctly, and adores more profoundly,… — Octavius Winslow Copy Share Image
When we hit a nail with a hammer, the whole of the shock received by the large head of the nail passes… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Affliction is more apt to suffocate the imagination than to stimulate it. — Denise Levertov Copy Share Image
“Affliction caused by the tongue is worse than that caused by the strike of the blade of a sword.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Afflictions tend to wean us from the world - and to fix our affections on things above. — John Angell James Copy Share Image
Remember, one just man causes the Devil greater affliction than a million blind believers. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Affliction by that falsehood is the act of dying. To be free from that delusion is to attain Immortality. — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
A smile is the only infectious affliction everyone is encouraged to spread. — Omar Kiam Copy Share Image
Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines. — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
