Choose Quote by Ally Condie

“You don’t usually get to choose the measure of suffering or the degree of joy you have. (Ky Markham)”

— Ally Condie

“I wish I could have one without the other, but that's the problem with being alive. You don't usually get to choose the measure…

— Ally Condie

“I wish I could have one without the other, but that's the problem with being alive. You don't usually get to choose the measure…

— Ally Condie

“The pain wants to eat me away. I wish I could have one without the other, but that's the problem with being alive. You…

— Ally Condie

“I’m choosing happiness over suffering.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Without the threat of suffering, we can’t experience true joy.”

— Neal Shusterman

“Without the threat of suffering, we can’t experience true joy. The best we get is pleasantness”

— Neal Shusterman

“There’s this human capacity for joy and endurance, even when things are at their worst. A joy that occurs not despite our suffering, but…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Suffering is intrinsic to human existence. There is no joy without its attendant pain.”

— Peter Ackroyd

“Suffering teaches joy.”

— Sonia Rumzi

“You have the power to choose joyful living through your thoughts, actions, and choices.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

“...I've come to learn that pain is inevitable in this world, but suffering is optional.”

— Helen Klein Ross