Blessed Quote by Ephrem the Syrian

Indeed, the greatest blessing that can follow the death of those we love is reconciliation. Without it there is no peace. But with it…

— Richard L. Evans

Jesus who cannot suffer long to keep you in affliction will come to relieve and comfort you by infusing fresh courage into your soul.

— Pio of Pietrelcina

He who, before he leaves his body, learns to surmount the promptings of desire and anger is a saint and is happy.

— Bhagavad Gita

Blessed is he who has a soul, blessed is he who has none, but woe and grief to him who has it in embryo.

— G. I. Gurdjieff

The one who confidently looks forward to an eternal reward for his efforts in mortality is constantly sustained through his deepest trials. When he…

— Harold B. Lee

Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily. Every day when one’s body and mind are at peace, one should meditate upon being ripped…

— Yamamoto Tsunetomo

As I live in awareness of, growth in, and gratitude for mercy, my life will bring glory to Him

— Sandy Smith

Your soul will be blessed, Sister, if you bear patiently the troubles of mind and body His Providence sends you, or which come to…

— Vincent de Paul

May He support us all the day long, till the shades lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the…

— John Henry Newman

When he endures nothing but endless miseries-- What pleasure is there in living the day after day, Edging slowly back and forth toward death?…

— Sophocles

He shall sit solitary by avoiding the company of men, he shall hold his peace by meditating upon the joys of heaven, and he…

— Saint Bonaventure Sequoyah

Into every life there come the painful, despairing days of adversity and buffeting. There seems to be a full measure of anguish, sorrow, and…

— James E. Faust