--- title: "22 Suffering Brings Quotes by 19 authors" description: "Browse 22 Suffering Brings quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Suffering Brings sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/aeschylus-749_brings_suffering-brings-experience-717420_717420.png" --- > [Suffering brings experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/suffering-brings-experience/) [Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/aeschylus-749_brings_suffering-brings-experience-717420_717420.png) > [Suffering brings me so close to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/suffering-brings-me-so-close-to-god/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/ram-dass-784_close_suffering-brings-me-so-close-to-god-2087_208761.png) > [Today's suffering brings tommorrow's happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/onuh-justus-izuchukwu/today-s-suffering-brings-tommorrow-s-happiness/) [Onuh Justus Izuchukwu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/onuh-justus-izuchukwu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5c/onuh-justus-izuchukwu-27746_happiness_today-s-suffering-brings-tommorrow-s-hap_1995204.jpg) > [Suffering brings your heart to bear. It gets you where you are!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/suffering-brings-your-heart-to-bear-it-gets-you-where-you-are/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/ram-dass-784_bears_suffering-brings-your-heart-to-bear-it-g_147608.png) > [Suffering brings the patient to us...the patient needs to feel heard and seen-that is, met, by another person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leston-havens/suffering-brings-the-patient-to-us-the-patient-needs-to-feel-heard/) [Leston Havens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leston-havens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/leston-havens-44423_feels_suffering-brings-the-patient-to-us-the-p_955371.jpg) > [It is the fire of suffering that brings forth the gold of godliness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/it-is-the-fire-of-suffering-that-brings-forth-the-gold-of-godliness/) [Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2a/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-mot_fire_it-is-the-fire-of-suffering-that-brings_1924607.jpg) > [If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-butler-yeats/if-suffering-brings-wisdom-i-would-wish-to-be-less-wise/) [William Butler Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-butler-yeats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3d/william-butler-yeats-350_suffering_if-suffering-brings-wisdom-i-would-wish_2999657.png) > [Sex is unclean, not because of the pleasure, but because of the suffering it brings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roeszak/sex-is-unclean-not-because-of-the-pleasure-but-because-of-the/) [Theodore Roeszak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roeszak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed1/theodore-roeszak-282719_sex_sex-is-unclean-not-because-of-the-pleasu_1870667.jpg) > [“Excessive suffering brings with it a kind of dull insensibility and stupor…”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mile-gaboriau/excessive-suffering-brings-with-it-a-kind-of-dull-insensibility-and/) [Émile Gaboriau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mile-gaboriau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26c/mile-gaboriau-29402_suffering_excessive-suffering-brings-with-it-a-kin_1707196.jpg) > [Suffering brings pain. In pain we become stronger as we become numb. In the end suffering becomes normal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-matobo/suffering-brings-pain-in-pain-we-become-stronger-as-we-become-numb-in/) [Frank Matobo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-matobo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/541/frank-matobo-2303_pain_suffering-brings-pain-in-pain-we-become_109245.jpg) > [We have two lives... the life we learn with and the life we live after that. Suffering is what brings us towards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/we-have-two-lives-the-life-we-learn-with-and-the-life-we-live-after/) [Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ca/bernard-malamud-3871_happiness_we-have-two-lives-the-life-we-learn-with_114362.jpg) > [Some form of suffering often brings about a readiness. One can say it cracks open the shell of the egoic mind with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/some-form-of-suffering-often-brings-about-a-readiness-one-can-say-it/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/301/eckhart-tolle-81_cracks_some-form-of-suffering-often-brings-abou_1944516.jpg) > [ “\[Suffering\] brings out graces that cannot be seen in a time of health. It is the treading of the grapes that brings… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-murray-mccheyne/suffering-brings-out-graces-that-cannot-be-seen-in-a-time-of-health/) [Robert Murray McCheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-murray-mccheyne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e2/robert-murray-mccheyne-40307_affliction_suffering-brings-out-graces-that-cannot_2543652.jpg) > [The good news of suffering is that it brings us to the end of ourselves - a purpose it has certainly served…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/the-good-news-of-suffering-is-that-it-brings-us-to-the-end-of/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/tullian-tchividjian-1105_desperation_the-good-news-of-suffering-is-that-it-br_151169.jpg) > [“For the painful essence of withdrawal does not reside in the present suffering it brings - withdrawal is painless on the level…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-philippe-toussaint/for-the-painful-essence-of-withdrawal-does-not-reside-in-the-present/) [Jean-Philippe Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-philippe-toussaint/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/jean-philippe-toussaint-37194_addiction_for-the-painful-essence-of-withdrawal-do_420224.jpg) > [“James intentionally enlarges the scope of suffering when he writes, “trials of many kinds.” By doing this, he invites those who experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-t-welch/james-intentionally-enlarges-the-scope-of-suffering-when-he-writes/) [Edward T. Welch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-t-welch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70c/edward-t-welch-10901_critical-spirit_james-intentionally-enlarges-the-scope-o_339496.png) > [“And pain is relative; My particulars may be "better" of "worse" than the patient next to me, but individually our biological framework…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-griffith/and-pain-is-relative-my-particulars-may-be-better-of-worse-than-the/) [Gail Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-griffith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da9/gail-griffith-238791_depression_and-pain-is-relative-my-particulars-may_1264499.jpg) > [Great suffering brings with it the power of great endurance. When sorrow is deepest all the forces of patience and courage are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rabindranath-tagore/great-suffering-brings-with-it-the-power-of-great-endurance-when/) [Rabindranath Tagore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rabindranath-tagore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7b/rabindranath-tagore-383_brave_great-suffering-brings-with-it-the-power_627903.png) > [“Experience makes good people better." She was staring at the lake. "How does it do that?" "Through their suffering." "I had enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/experience-makes-good-people-better-she-was-staring-at-the-lake-how/) [Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/bernard-malamud-3871_experience_experience-makes-good-people-better-she_683968.jpg) > [“Many times we have difficulties which trouble us mentally and emotionally. Nevertheless, while we are suffering in our mind and emotion, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witness-lee/many-times-we-have-difficulties-which-trouble-us-mentally-and/) [Witness Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/witness-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb0/witness-lee-25414_christianity_many-times-we-have-difficulties-which-tr_421125.jpg) > [“It is our suffering that brings us together. It is not love. Love does not obey the mind, and turns to hate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/it-is-our-suffering-that-brings-us-together-it-is-not-love-love-does/) [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/ursula-k-le-guin-138_anarchy_it-is-our-suffering-that-brings-us-toget_2455374.jpg) > [“It is our suffering that brings us together. It is not love. Love does not obey the mind, and turns to hate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/it-is-our-suffering-that-brings-us-together-it-is-not-love-love-does-2/) [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/438/ursula-k-le-guin-138_empty-hands_it-is-our-suffering-that-brings-us-toget_2465724.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/suffering-brings/#itemlist", "name": "Suffering Brings Quotes", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Suffering brings experience.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aeschylus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/suffering-brings-experience/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/aeschylus-749_brings_suffering-brings-experience-717420_717420.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/aeschylus-749_brings_suffering-brings-experience-717420_717420.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/aeschylus-749_brings_suffering-brings-experience-717420_717420.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Suffering brings experience.” — Aeschylus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Suffering brings me so close to God.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ram Dass" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/suffering-brings-me-so-close-to-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/ram-dass-784_close_suffering-brings-me-so-close-to-god-2087_208761.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/ram-dass-784_close_suffering-brings-me-so-close-to-god-2087_208761.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/ram-dass-784_close_suffering-brings-me-so-close-to-god-2087_208761.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Suffering brings me so close to God.” — Ram Dass", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Today's suffering brings tommorrow's happiness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Onuh Justus Izuchukwu" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/onuh-justus-izuchukwu/today-s-suffering-brings-tommorrow-s-happiness/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5c/onuh-justus-izuchukwu-27746_happiness_today-s-suffering-brings-tommorrow-s-hap_1995204.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5c/onuh-justus-izuchukwu-27746_happiness_today-s-suffering-brings-tommorrow-s-hap_1995204.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5c/onuh-justus-izuchukwu-27746_happiness_today-s-suffering-brings-tommorrow-s-hap_1995204.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Today's suffering brings tommorrow's happiness.” — Onuh Justus Izuchukwu", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Suffering brings your heart to bear. 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One can say it cracks open the shell of the egoic mind with which many people identify as \"me.\" Life cracks open that shell, and once that crack is there, then we are reached more easily by spiritual teaching.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eckhart Tolle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/some-form-of-suffering-often-brings-about-a-readiness-one-can-say-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/301/eckhart-tolle-81_cracks_some-form-of-suffering-often-brings-abou_1944516.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/301/eckhart-tolle-81_cracks_some-form-of-suffering-often-brings-abou_1944516.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/301/eckhart-tolle-81_cracks_some-form-of-suffering-often-brings-abou_1944516.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Some form of suffering often brings about a readiness. One can say it cracks open the shell of the egoic…” — Eckhart Tolle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“[Suffering] brings out graces that cannot be seen in a time of health. It is the treading of the grapes that brings out the sweet juices of the vine; so it is affliction that draws forth submission, weanedness from the world, and complete rest in God. Use afflictions while you have them.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Murray McCheyne" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-murray-mccheyne/suffering-brings-out-graces-that-cannot-be-seen-in-a-time-of-health/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e2/robert-murray-mccheyne-40307_affliction_suffering-brings-out-graces-that-cannot_2543652.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e2/robert-murray-mccheyne-40307_affliction_suffering-brings-out-graces-that-cannot_2543652.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e2/robert-murray-mccheyne-40307_affliction_suffering-brings-out-graces-that-cannot_2543652.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[Suffering] brings out graces that cannot be seen in a time of health. It is the treading of the grapes that…” — Robert Murray McCheyne", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The good news of suffering is that it brings us to the end of ourselves - a purpose it has certainly served in my life. It brings us to the place of honesty, which is the place of desperation, which is the place of faith, which is the place of freedom.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tullian Tchividjian" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/the-good-news-of-suffering-is-that-it-brings-us-to-the-end-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/tullian-tchividjian-1105_desperation_the-good-news-of-suffering-is-that-it-br_151169.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/tullian-tchividjian-1105_desperation_the-good-news-of-suffering-is-that-it-br_151169.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/tullian-tchividjian-1105_desperation_the-good-news-of-suffering-is-that-it-br_151169.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The good news of suffering is that it brings us to the end of ourselves - a purpose it has certainly served…” — Tullian Tchividjian", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“For the painful essence of withdrawal does not reside in the present suffering it brings - withdrawal is painless on the level of the immediate moment - but in the prospect of suffering to come, the rich future that one can imagine one's torture enjoying.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jean-Philippe Toussaint" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-philippe-toussaint/for-the-painful-essence-of-withdrawal-does-not-reside-in-the-present/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/jean-philippe-toussaint-37194_addiction_for-the-painful-essence-of-withdrawal-do_420224.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/jean-philippe-toussaint-37194_addiction_for-the-painful-essence-of-withdrawal-do_420224.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/jean-philippe-toussaint-37194_addiction_for-the-painful-essence-of-withdrawal-do_420224.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For the painful essence of withdrawal does not reside in the present suffering it brings - withdrawal is…” — Jean-Philippe Toussaint", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“James intentionally enlarges the scope of suffering when he writes, “trials of many kinds.” By doing this, he invites those who experience depression to learn that, whatever the cause, depression will test our faith and serve as a catalyst for growth rather than a reason for despair. Yes, depression is spiritual in the same way that all suffering brings us face-to-face with critical spiritual realities.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edward T. Welch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-t-welch/james-intentionally-enlarges-the-scope-of-suffering-when-he-writes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70c/edward-t-welch-10901_critical-spirit_james-intentionally-enlarges-the-scope-o_339496.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70c/edward-t-welch-10901_critical-spirit_james-intentionally-enlarges-the-scope-o_339496.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70c/edward-t-welch-10901_critical-spirit_james-intentionally-enlarges-the-scope-o_339496.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“James intentionally enlarges the scope of suffering when he writes, “trials of many kinds.” By doing this…” — Edward T. Welch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And pain is relative; My particulars may be \"better\" of \"worse\" than the patient next to me, but individually our biological framework limits our ability to tolerate suffering; that is what brings us to out knees, flips the switch of our depression, and forces us to retreat from the rest of the world. That is what we have in common.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gail Griffith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-griffith/and-pain-is-relative-my-particulars-may-be-better-of-worse-than-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da9/gail-griffith-238791_depression_and-pain-is-relative-my-particulars-may_1264499.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da9/gail-griffith-238791_depression_and-pain-is-relative-my-particulars-may_1264499.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da9/gail-griffith-238791_depression_and-pain-is-relative-my-particulars-may_1264499.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And pain is relative; My particulars may be \"better\" of \"worse\" than the patient next to me, but…” — Gail Griffith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Great suffering brings with it the power of great endurance. When sorrow is deepest all the forces of patience and courage are banded together to do their duty. So while we are cowards before petty troubles, great sorrows make us brave by rousing our truer manhood.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rabindranath Tagore" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rabindranath-tagore/great-suffering-brings-with-it-the-power-of-great-endurance-when/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7b/rabindranath-tagore-383_brave_great-suffering-brings-with-it-the-power_627903.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7b/rabindranath-tagore-383_brave_great-suffering-brings-with-it-the-power_627903.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7b/rabindranath-tagore-383_brave_great-suffering-brings-with-it-the-power_627903.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Great suffering brings with it the power of great endurance. When sorrow is deepest all the forces of…” — Rabindranath Tagore", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 19, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Experience makes good people better.\" She was staring at the lake. \"How does it do that?\" \"Through their suffering.\" \"I had enough of that,\" he said in disgust. \"We have two lives, Roy, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness All it taught me was to stay away from it. I am sick of all I have suffered.\" She shrank away a little.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bernard Malamud" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/experience-makes-good-people-better-she-was-staring-at-the-lake-how/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/bernard-malamud-3871_experience_experience-makes-good-people-better-she_683968.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/bernard-malamud-3871_experience_experience-makes-good-people-better-she_683968.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/bernard-malamud-3871_experience_experience-makes-good-people-better-she_683968.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Experience makes good people better.\" She was staring at the lake. \"How does it do that?\" \"Through their…” — Bernard Malamud", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 20, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Many times we have difficulties which trouble us mentally and emotionally. Nevertheless, while we are suffering in our mind and emotion, there is a sweet sense deep within our spirit. It seems that if we did not have this suffering, we would not have this enjoyment. The Christian suffering brings us the Christian enjoyment. From the moment we called on the name of the Lord Jesus and received Him as our Savior, we began to have these two aspects in our experience.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Witness Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witness-lee/many-times-we-have-difficulties-which-trouble-us-mentally-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb0/witness-lee-25414_christianity_many-times-we-have-difficulties-which-tr_421125.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb0/witness-lee-25414_christianity_many-times-we-have-difficulties-which-tr_421125.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb0/witness-lee-25414_christianity_many-times-we-have-difficulties-which-tr_421125.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Many times we have difficulties which trouble us mentally and emotionally. Nevertheless, while we are…” — Witness Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 21, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It is our suffering that brings us together. It is not love. Love does not obey the mind, and turns to hate when forced. The bond that binds us is beyond choice. We are brothers. We are brothers in what we share. In pain, which each of us must suffer alone, in hunger, in poverty, in hope, we know our brotherhood. We know it, because we have had to learn it. We know that there is no help for us but from one another, that no hand will save us if we do not reach out our hand. And the hand that you reach out is empty, as mine is. You have nothing. You possess nothing. You own nothing. You are free. All you have is what you are, and what you give.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ursula K. Le Guin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/it-is-our-suffering-that-brings-us-together-it-is-not-love-love-does/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/ursula-k-le-guin-138_anarchy_it-is-our-suffering-that-brings-us-toget_2455374.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/ursula-k-le-guin-138_anarchy_it-is-our-suffering-that-brings-us-toget_2455374.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/ursula-k-le-guin-138_anarchy_it-is-our-suffering-that-brings-us-toget_2455374.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is our suffering that brings us together. It is not love. Love does not obey the mind, and turns to hate…” — Ursula K. Le Guin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 22, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It is our suffering that brings us together. It is not love. Love does not obey the mind, and turns to hate when forced. The bond that binds us is beyond choice. We are brothers. We are brothers in what we share. In pain, which each of us must suffer alone, in hunger, in poverty, in hope, we know our brotherhood. We know it, because we have had to learn it. We know that there is no help for us but from one another, that no hand will save us if we do not reach out our hand. And the hand that you reach out is empty, as mine is. You have nothing. You possess nothing. You own nothing. You are free. All you have is what you are, and what you give. “I am here because you see in me the promise, the promise that we made two hundred years ago in this city—the promise kept. We have kept it, on Anarres. We have nothing but our freedom. We have nothing to give you but your own freedom. We have no law but the single principle of mutual aid between individuals. We have no government but the single principle of free association. We have no states, no nations, no presidents, no premiers, no chiefs, no generals, no bosses, no bankers, no landlords, no wages, no charity, no police, no soldiers, no wars. Nor do we have much else. We are sharers, not owners. We are not prosperous. None of us is rich. None of us is powerful. If it is Anarres you want, if it is the future you seek, then I tell you that you must come to it with empty hands. You must come to it alone, and naked, as the child comes into the world, into his future, without any past, without any property, wholly dependent on other people for his life. You cannot take what you have not given, and you must give yourself. You cannot buy the Revolution. You cannot make the Revolution. You can only be the Revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ursula K. 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