The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.
Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been.’
Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.
You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.
We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.