Amends Quote by William Penn

When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him. When a man is…

— Anonymous

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

— Sophocles

A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.

— Sallust

Individual misfortunes give rise to the general good; so that the more individual misfortunes exist, the more all is fine.

— Voltaire

We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that…

— Viktor E. Frankl

“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

There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men.

— Nicolas Chamfort

Being unable to cure death, wretchedness, and ignorance, men have decided, in order to be happy, not to think about such things.

— Blaise Pascal

When a man has reverence for life, he will never do anything to harm, hinder or destroy life. Instead he bends every effort to…

— Wilferd Peterson

Who hath a prospect of the different state of perfect happiness or misery that attends all men after this life, depending on their behavior,…

— John Locke

Suffering can become a means to greater love and greater generosity.

— Mother Teresa

To live by one man's will becomes the cause of all misery.

— Richard Hooker