Affliction Quote by Sir John Davies

By affliction He teaches us many precious lessons, which without it we should never learn. By affliction He shows us our emptiness and weakness,…

— J. C. Ryle

Afflictions clarify the soul; And like hard masters, give more hard directions, Tutoring the non-age of uncurbed affections.

— Francis Quarles

If you would not have affliction visit you twice, listen at once to what it teaches.

— James Burgh

It is through suffering that learning comes.

— Aeschylus

Afflictions tend to wean us from the world - and to fix our affections on things above.

— John Angell James

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

— C. S. Lewis

“Some teach you what can't be taught, by turning their back on you & helping you get internally closer to everything you externally sought.”

— Curtis Tyrone Jones

“Only with equanimity can we see that everything that comes into our circle has come to teach us what we need to know.”

— Pema Chödrön

Affliction is the school in which great virtues are acquired, in which great characters are formed.

— Hannah More

“Recognize that experience creates internalized learning that book learning can’t replace.”

— Ray Dalio

“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

We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.

— Galileo Galilei