Affliction Quotes

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How I will cherish you then, you grief-torn nights! Had I only received you, inconsolable sisters, on more abject knees, only buried myself with more… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Do you like to slide?" His voice was eager. Stair rails! Did he suspect me? I forced a sigh. "No, Majesty. I'm terrified of heights."… — Gail Carson Levine
Suffering in the path of Christian obedience, with joy - because the steadfast love of the Lord is better than life (Psalm 63:3) - is… — John Piper
It's a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind. — Naguib Mahfouz
In fact her maturity and blood kinship converted her passion to fever, so it was more affliction than affection. It literally knocked her down at… — Toni Morrison
God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives. Felt weakness deepens dependence on Christ for strength… — J I Packer
I ask myself: is every story that has ever been written in this world, a story of suffering and affliction? — Clarice Lispector
Such things as anguish, woe, affliction, guilt, feelings of awfulness, and utter wretchedness, the bread and butter of Days of Yore and Russians, sadly have… — Marisha Pessl
...in the course of our lives, the evil which in itself we seek most to shun, and which, when we are fallen into, is the… — Daniel Defoe
There is a tonic strength, in the hour of sorrow and affliction, in escaping from the world and society and getting back to the simple… — William George Jordan
Boredom is a terrible affliction of the soulless. — Laini Taylor
These reflections made me very sensible of the goodness of Providence to me, and very thankful for my present condition, with all its hardships and… — Daniel Defoe
In the Kingdom of Heaven, there is no grandeur to be won, inasmuch as there all is an established hierarchy, the unknown is revealed, existence… — Alejo Carpentier
The Atonement of Jesus Christ and the healing it offers do much more than provide the opportunity for repentance from sins. The Atonement also gives… — Dallin H. Oaks
If I murmur in the least at affliction, if I am in any way uncharitable, if I revenge my own case, if I do anything… — Jonathan Edwards
Afflictions are light when compared with what we really deserve. They are light when compared with the sufferings of the Lord Jesus. But perhaps their… — Arthur W. Pink
The persons on whom I have bestowed my dearest love lie deep in their graves; but, although the happiness and delight of my life lie… — Charles Dickens
Not to be able to stop thinking is a dreadful affliction, but we don't realize this because almost everyone is suffering from it, so it… — Eckhart Tolle
Why love the woman who is your wife? Her nose breathes in the air of a world that I know; therefore I love that nose.… — Ray Bradbury
Our afflictions brothers and sisters often will not be extinguished, they will be dwarfed and swallowed up in the joy of Christ. Thatâ€™s how we… — Neal A. Maxwell

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