I'd realized that in writing happiness is useless-without suffering there is no story.

Fatigues and hardships serve to wean me more from the earth, and will make heaven sweeter.

When we all become more compassionate, there will probably be less suffering in the world.

We are oblivious to suffering. We are cheap with charity if it's not close to our home.

Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

It would then be brought abruptly to an end, for the brightness had shown suffering the way.

There's nothing more difficult than saying goodbye to a house where you've suffered.

I was beginning to think that in life there might be some suffering that was worth enduring.

Some day, we will know the value of suffering, but then we will no longer be able to suffer.

Straight tribulation is easier to bear than tribulation which advertises itself as pleasure.

...the real absurdity is that to love is to suffer, but the reverse isn't always true...

Ann: How does God’s character fit into things that seem totally against his character?

I am grateful to realize that my desires do not entitle me to add to another's suffering.

Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.

The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end.