Quote by Larissa Lai

“The more adversity we suffer in life, the more we savour the brief, rare periods of complete happiness and abandon.”

— Juliana Buhring

“Persecution is an enemy the Church has met and mastered many times. Indifference could prove to be a far more dangerous foe.”

— Brother Andrew

“A defensive insensitivity that refuses to acknowledge the sufferings of those with whom we disagree is far too often where this obsession with persecution…

— Candida R. Moss

“Some places[/people] are like that: they can suffer through wars, persecutions, and indifference, but they still remain sacred. Finally someone comes along, senses that…

— Paulo Coelho

“To abandon all is to take our hearts, place them before the One who created them, and dare to believe He can live life…

— Mary E. DeMuth

“You will not die if you abandon them. You will not lose if you abandon them. You will gain something greater. If you do…

— Woo Myung

“I’m in awe of the people who manage their difficult lives with little complaint, those who have suffered more than their fair share of…

— Scott Stabile

“Out of our suffering we emerge. Our struggles are really our only hope.”

— Bryant McGill

“We often go astray, seeking our own way, until the the sacred moment of suffering, then we find grace to cry out for Saviour.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“And you don’t understand how devastating fear and rage can be, and how quickly religion and civilization and human decency are forgotten when a…

— Orson Scott Card

“I have no respect for the ones who have been blinded by arrogance, wherever I may find them, for God has abandoned them to…

— Robin Sacredfire

“The paramount terror that plagues humankind is to live a meaningless life of an exile, an incomplete person whom fails to experience the rapture…

— Kilroy J. Oldster