Quote by John Bunyan

“We are to choose affliction rather than sin, yea, the greatest affliction before the least sin. Moses”

— William Gurnall

And I add this part here, to hint to whoever shall read it, that whenever they come to a true Sense of things, they…

— Daniel Defoe

“Disease is certainly not a sin. And poverty is not a sin; it is a condition, a circumstance that allows God’s work to be…

— Katie J. Davis

There is more evil in the least sin than in the greatest affliction.

— Thomas Brooks

Even in the greatest afflictions, we ought to testify to God, that, in receiving them from his hand, we feel pleasure in the midst…

— John Wesley

“God knoweth best what is needful for us, and all that He does is for our good. If we knew how much He loves…

— Brother Lawrence

Redemption from sin is greater then redemption from affliction.

— Daniel Defoe

“The more we love God, the more unpleasant sin becomes.”

— Criss Jami

“One of the main ways we move from abstract knowledge about God to a personal encounter with him as a living reality is through…

— Timothy Keller

Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves.

— Robert Southey

Afflictions are... if we can so take them, our share in the Passion of Christ

— C. S. Lewis

God measures out affliction to our need.

— Saint John Chrysostom