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Suffering Quotes by Vincent de Paul
- We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that…
- . . . Our Lord humbles in order to raise up, and allows the suffering of interior and exterior afflictions in order to bring about…
- I know well, Monsieur, how much you have to endure in your present duty, and I ask Our Lord to strengthen you in your difficulties.…
- [M]ay you be more advanced in the school of solid virtue, which is practiced in an excellent way in the midst of suffering, and which…
- . . . [I]n the kingdom of charity, one prefers to suffer some inconvenience rather than inconvenience the neighbor.
- Even convicts, with whom I have spent some time, are not won over in any other way. Whenever I happened to speak sharply to them,…
- Our Lord and the saints accomplished more by suffering than by acting.
- Peace is never so complete that we may not have something to suffer. . . . Since it is impossible to please all of [those…
- Indeed, good is not good if one does not suffer in doing it.
More Suffering Quotes
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering. — Karen Armstrong
- When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because… — Chinua Achebe
- I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours… — David Attenborough
- If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe,… — Saint Augustine
- God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine
- God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. — Saint Augustine
- One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. — Jane Austen
- Pain is never permanent. — Teresa of Avila
- Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds. — Teresa of Avila