Quotes about Suffering
In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
— Teresa of Avila
God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
— Francis de Sales
I did not pray for any relief, but I prayed for strength to suffer with courage, humility and love.
— Brother Lawrence
What grace is meant to do is to help good people, not to escape their sufferings, but to bear them with a stout heart, with a fortitude that finds its strength in faith.
— St. Augustine
God tries his votaries through and through but never beyond endurance. He gives them strength enough to go through the ordeal he prescribes for them.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Suffering dispels the illusion that we have the strength and competence to rule our own lives and save ourselves.
— Timothy Keller
Every day I see Jesus Christ in all his distressing disguises.
— Mother Teresa
There is no more futile punishment than futile and hopeless labor.
— Albert Camus
Where would his torture be, indeed, if at every step the hope of succeeding upheld him?
— Albert Camus
We stood and watched as God abandoned us, and then we did the best we could.
— Alice Hoffman
I can hurt myself more than anyone else can, she told her sister. I can do it with my eyes closed.
— Alice Hoffman
As for me, sleep was a country I no longer visited, despite my incantation. When I did, I wished for my waking life, the hours when I didn't see the nightmare images of all that had happened and all I had become.
— Alice Hoffman