Quotes About Suffering

He who learns must suffer And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget Falls drop by drop upon the heart, And in our own despite, against our will, Comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

Ah me, thou Destiny, Giver of evil gifts.

The truth has to be melted out of our stubborn lives by suffering. Nothing speaks the truth, nothing tells us how things really are, nothing forces us to know what we do not want to know except pain. And this is how the gods declare their love.

Courage! Suffering, when it climbs highest, lasts not long.

Wisdom comes only through suffering.

The cure is in the house, not brought by other hands from distant places, but by its own, in agony and blood.

Give heed, give heed and give your sympathy To one who suffers; sorrow roaming wide Impartial stops and stays awhile with me, To tarry later seated close by thee.

I have been schooled by my own suffering: I've learned the many ways of being purged.

Oh, it is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers.

It would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life.

Still to the sufferer comes, as due from God, a glory that to suffering owes its birth.

For wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?

Hungry wailing standeth not aloof.

Alas, I am struck a deep mortal blow!

Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.

Do not kick against the pricks.

Death is easier than a wretched life and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.

For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.

The memory of pain falls drop by drop upon our heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.

Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain, Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep, So men against their will Learn to practice moderation. Favours come to us from gods.

For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life.

PROMETHEUS: 'Oh, it is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers

The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.