The sufferings of Christ are the means of forgiveness of sin and eternal glory
The deep meaning of the cross of Christ is that there is no suffering on earth that is not borne by God.
We must understand then, that even though God doesn't always give us what we want, He always gives us what we need for our salvation.
All those who belong to Jesus Christ are fastened with Him to the cross.
There is no greater mercy that I know of on earth than good health except it is sickness, and that has often been a greater mercy to me than health.
No man ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation, as is done in popedom; but if a cross or tribulation come upon him, then let him suffer it patiently, and know that it is good and profitable for him.
If you feel that you must suffer, then plan your suffering carefully -- as you choose your dreams, as you conceive your ancestors.
Why is Form beautiful? Because, I think, it helps us confront our worst fear: the suspicion that life may be chaos and that therefore our suffering is without meaning.
Discipline brings us effort, sacrifice and suffering. Later it brings us something of an inestimable value: something of which those who live only for pleasure, profit or amusement will always be deprived. This peculiar indefinable joy which one must have felt oneself to understand is the sign with which life marks its moment of triumph.
Those who are content suffer no disgrace.
If we have been brought up with the idea that life is for suffering and sacrifice, then of course we would seek death to escape this 'vale of tears'.
Suffering occurs when something is taken for what it's not , rather than for what it is.
Maybe the biggest problem with loneliness is that we walk around thinking we're the only ones suffering from it.
But not to perish from internal distress and doubt when one inflicts great suffering and hears the cry of suffering : that is great, that belongs to greatness.
You have not yet suffered enough! For you suffer only from yourselves, you have not yet suffered from man.
It's not that I don't suffer, it's that I know the unimportance of suffering. I know that pain is to be fought and thrown aside, not to be accepted as part of one's soul and as a permanent scar across one's view of existence.
If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.
There's no hierarchy in suffering. I think songs that are transcendent are the ones where everyone can feel something from it, you know?
There has been much tragedy in my life; at least half of it actually happened.
God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear this morning brings The outrage of the poor.
Suffering does not befall him who is without attachment to names and forms.
It came to me that I should teach this truth for it is real happiness and joy. The cessation of suffering is possible.
I think you should suffer sometimes to be attractive and beautiful, so I cut the clothes very slim because I like to feel the clothes on my body.
When I pretended to be precocious, people started the rumor that I was precocious. When I acted like an idler, rumor had it I was an idler. When I pretended I couldn't write a novel, people said I couldn't write. When I acted like a liar, they called me a liar. When I acted like a rich man, they started the rumor I was rich. When I feigned indifference, they classed me as the indifferent type. But when I inadvertently groaned because I was really in pain, they started the rumor that I was faking suffering. The world is out of joint.
Nature has made us passive, and to suffer is our lot. While we are in the flesh every man has his chain and his clog; only it is looser and lighter to one man than to another, and he is more at ease who takes it up and carries it than he who drags it.
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