Difficulty Quote by Samuel Clarke

(The difficulty over the question of eternal torments lies in) how it is irreconcilable with the Goodness of God, to put any Persons at…

— Samuel Clarke

I can't help it, the idea of the infinite torments me.

— Alfred de Musset

It is not that easy to endure the torment but it's too easy to dig a pitfall.

— Zarnab

“We pursue whatever we pursue out of torment — a need for torment. Our very quest for salvation is a torment, the subtlest, the…

— Emil M. Cioran

In this life our sorrows are either not very long or not very great because nature either overcomes them by habits or puts an…

— James Joyce

We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful.

— Andrew Solomon

There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for…

— Teresa of Avila

“The concept of hell and endless torment is popular with those who believe they aren't headed there.”

— Ian Brady

“For the only path leading out of the torments of hell to the everlasting joy of the Kingdom is that of the divine commandments:…

— Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou

There is a dreadful Hell, And everlasting pains; There sinners must with devils dwell In darkness, fire, and chains.

— Isaac Watts

Suffering is arguably God's choicest tool in shaping the character of Christ in us.

— Joni Eareckson Tada