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Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.

In each individual the spirit is made flesh, in each one the whole of creation suffers, in each one a Savior is crucified.

Death is the king of this world: ‘Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.

To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.

We may freak out globally, but we suffer locally.

The ox suffers, the cart complains.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

We are healed from suffering only by experiencing it to the full.

God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.