Circumstances Quote by Alan Redpath

“Because of our strong attachment to the fulfilment of our own wishes, whenever our wishes – especially those we consider important – are not…

— Kelsang Gyatso

“Difficulties, disappointments, discouragements, and suffering are a part of every work experience, but they need not be seen as obstacles to God’s purposes in…

— Tom Nelson

The pains of disconcerted or frustrated habits, and the inherent pleasure there is in following them, are motives which nature has put into our…

— Chauncey Wright

“The pain is unrelenting, and what makes the condition intolerable is the foreknowledge that no remedy will come- not in a day, an hour,…

— William Styron

“Every individual who makes us suffer can be attached by us to a divinity of which he or she is a mere fragmentary reflexion,…

— Marcel Proust

“The pressure of difficult times makes us value life. Every time our life is spared and given back to us after a trial, it…

— Jim Reimann

To render ourselves insensible to pain we must forfeit also the possibilities of happiness.

— John Lubbock

“We sometimes hurt those we love because they need to be “taught a lesson,” when we really want to punish. We were depressed and…

— Alcoholics Anonymous

“People in pain have enough problems without some well-meaning folks trying to short-circuit the grief process by declaring that everything is a good event…

— Stephen Arterburn

“People often ask: If there’s a God, how can He allow so much suffering in the world? Realize all world suffering you perceive is…

— Alexandra Katehakis

“Horrible world events, difficult choices, illnesses and periodic feelings of abject loneliness are common examples of existential pain.”

— Pete Walker

“They who have no central purpose in their life fall an easy prey to petty worries, fears, troubles, and self-pityings, all of which are…

— James Allen