Character Quote by W. Somerset Maugham

“Suffering comes to ennoble man, to purge his thoughts of pride and superficiality, to expand his horizons. In sum, the purpose of suffering is…

— Harold S. Kushner

Men in excess of happiness or misery are equally inclined to severity. Witness conquerors and monks! It is mediocrity alone, and a mixture of…

— Baron de Montesquieu

Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you.

— Henry Louis Gates

Suffering turns men towards their creator.

— Ramana Maharshi

“It is easy to suffer for a cause or for a mission; this ennobles the heart of the person suffering. But how to explain…

— Paulo Coelho

“For man never reasons so much and becomes so introspective as when he suffers ; since he is anxious to get at the cause…

— Luigi Pirandello

“Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are.”

— Allan Lokos

Hardship And Misfortune May Be Unpleasant, But They Can Sometimes Have A Beneficial Effect On The Character, Especially When People Fail To Appreciate The…

— Pacifiersucker

Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from their own faults.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Happiness induced morality does not say anything about the content of a person's character. The real mettle of an individual's character is revealed during…

— Abhijit Naskar

Men have been taught that their first concern is to relieve the suffering of others. ... To make that the highest test of virtue…

— Ayn Rand

With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because…

— Simone Weil