But while they continued staring into one another’s face waiting for the miracle of science the pain grew worse.

To toil, to think, to long, to grieve,—Is such my future fate?The morn was dreary, must the eveBe also desolate?

Nothing, how little so ever it be, if it is suffered for God’s sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.

What is the destiny of man, but to fill up the measure of his sufferings, and to drink his allotted cup of bitterness?

If like fcuks you hard, you fcuk her more harder. If she betrays, put little bit more effort and she will be dead flat.

It is no surprise that the first and always unwelcome message of male initiation rites is LIFE – IS – HARD.

Ultimately, in the battle against lies and violence, truth and love have no other weapon than the witness of suffering.

You know, with talented people....They draw people to themselves, and without even trying to, they tear them to shreds.

A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored, "Why is there so much suffering?"Suzuki Roshi replied, "No reason.

Just because a person successfully steers a voyage through hell doesn't mean he ever wants to sail that route again.

I have to set an example, now more than ever. Facing death is the ultimate test of character. – Cmdr. William Rike

The blessing of resistance lies in its power to illuminate those aspects of ourselves which have eluded our appreciation.

Suffering can thus be seen in large part as a kind of resistance or reactivity to the pain of the present moment. (p. 74)

We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.

Man has places in his heart which do not yet exist, and into them enters suffering, in order that they may have existence.