Crosses, contempt, sorrows and afflictions are the real treasures of the lovers of Jesus Christ crucified — Margaret Mary Alacoque Copy Share Image
Of all affliction taught a lover yet, 'Tis true the hardest science to forget. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Many would be willing to have afflictions provided that they not be inconvenienced by them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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
There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, concern… — Miguel de Unamuno 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
If we are to cherish freedom, and to guard it, we must remember what the alternative is: the bread of affliction and… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Saints spring and thrive most internally, when they are most externally afflicted. Afflictions are the mother of virtue. — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
Suffering is better than sinning. There is more evil in a drop of sin than in an ocean of affliction. Better, burn… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The most important benefit of patience consists in the way it acts as a powerful antidote to the affliction of anger. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I believe in that line from An Imperial Affliction. 'The risen sun too bright in her losing eyes.' That's God, I think,… — John Green Copy Share Image
No friend sympathizes so tenderly with his friend in affliction as does Jesus. In all our afflictions, He afflicted. He feels all… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
There is a tonic strength, in the hour of sorrow and affliction, in escaping from the world and society and getting back… — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
In a world of discouragement, sorrow, and overmuch sin, in times when fear and despair seem to prevail, when humanity is feverish… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction.… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
The believing man hath the Holy Ghost; and where the Holy Ghost dwelleth, He will not suffer a man to be idle,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Consider the pains which martyrs have endured, and think how even now many people are bearing afflictions beyond all measure greater than… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
...in the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be that we bear easily what we have… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Ignorance, vulnerability, fear, anger, and desire are expressions of the infinite potential of your buddha nature. There's nothing inherently wrong or right… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Every affliction has its own rich lesson to teach, if we would learn it. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Some of life's greatest lessons are learned in the school of affliction. — Marianette Carbito Copy Share Image
The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Affliction is more apt to suffocate the imagination than to stimulate it. — Denise Levertov Copy Share Image
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. — John Bevere Copy Share Image
A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
“The extreme affliction which overtakes human beings does not create human misery, it merely reveals it.” — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Oft the cloud that wraps the present hour serves but to brighten all our future days. — William Browne Copy Share Image
Affliction strengthens the vigor of our soul, whereas happiness weakens it. — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
The pleasure of revenge is a fleeting emotion that is soon replaced by the affliction of conscience. — Wes Fesler Copy Share Image
Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form. — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
The winter prepares the earth for the spring, so do afflictions sanctified prepare the soul for glory. — Richard Sibbes Copy Share Image
