Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.
Life is a constant process of dying.
I don’t know how to live well. I only know how to suffer.
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
There is no joy for the one who does not bear sadness, there is no sweetness for the one who does not have patience, there is no delight for the one who does not suffer, and there is no relaxation for the one who does not endure fatigue.
I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.
But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.
Pain that is not transformed is transmitted.
I dare you to take a little pain. I dare you!
Mindfulness is a mental activity that in due course eliminates all suffering.
Cycling is suffering.
Radical acceptance rests on letting go of the illusion of control and a willingness to notice and accept things as they are right now, without judging.
Turn away from mischief. Again and again, turn away. Before sorrow befalls you.
It is in the quiet crucible of your personal, private sufferings that your noblest dreams are born and God’s greatest gifts are given.
Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him forever in the next. Amen.
The purpose of life is finding the largest burden that you can bear and bearing it.
To suffer terribly and to know yourself as the cause: that is Hell.
Pain unlocks a secret doorway in the mind, one that leads to both peak performance and beautiful silence.