Bitterness Quote by Nicholas Wolterstorff

As the valley gives height to the mountain, so can sorrow give meaning to pleasure; as the well is the source of the fountain,…

— William Arthur Ward

Nature is a catchment of sorrows.

— Maxine Kumin

Intense, unexpected suffering passes more quickly than suffering that is apparently bearable; the latter goes on for years and, without our noticing, eats away…

— Paulo Coelho

“Suffering creates a vivid contrast illuminating joy, happiness, and satisfaction. It is a harsh lesson on the other side of sublime. We all must…

— Brent Green

“Suffering awakes the spiritual soul of the spirit.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Because after having overcome the defeats - and we always overcome them - we feel much more euphoria and confidence. In the silence of…

— Paulo Coelho

“Suffering is the sorrow of joy.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Some say the world is a vale of tears, I say it is a place of soul-making.

— John Keats

Suffering also has its worth. Through sorrow, pride is driven out And pity felt for those who wander in samsara; Evil is avoided, goodness…

— Shantideva

I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost.…

— Anonymous

Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul, which every new idea contributes in its passage to scour away. It is the putrefaction…

— Samuel Johnson

But the morbidity of sorrow-not cultivated sorrow, but that which comes inevitably-is often a productive sluggishness, a time when the soul slows down, too…

— Eric G. Wilson