Suffering

“The panic that seized [Lebanon] is really hard to describe because we've been through so much already.”

“That subject, handled in your striking manner, would ease the yoke (perhaps) of many;—but if only of one—Gracious God!—what a feast to a benevolent heart!”

“The apprenticeship system is plausible, when superficially observed; but it is found to be little less than infernal when thoroughly known.”

“My life began with the First World War … and since, every day of my existence has been a struggle.”

“Life is a gorgeous robe, crawling with fleas.”

“I think I'm just a vessel of struggle and being able to overcome things.”

“Dumnezeul geniului m-a sorbit din popor cum soarele soarbe un nour de aur din marea de amar.”

“This war is a form of education from Allah for humanity.”

“A human brain is not designed to be exposed to this much misery and bloodshed every single day.”

“While a man lives, he should not complain.”

“„На върха има място само за един човек. Няма място за втори. На върха е студено, ветровито и самотно.“”

“As a journalist you have got to be neutral and unbiased on the side of those who suffer.”

“In all adversity, what God takes away He may give us back with increase.”

“But I can no longer afford to carry this load of false pretensions and untruth on my conscience.”

“I like the notion of suffering and of guilt driving melancholy.”

“笑はせる腕になるまで泣く修業”

“It is a sadistic pleasure. The suffering never stops – that’s the problem.”

“Māori had to live and work in a Pākehā world, but a Māori attending a tangihanga or a hui “comes back right into the middle of things Māori…he recharges his Māori batteries.””

“生，便忍受得一切生的不幸。”

“Как Сизиф, тащу камень счастия на гору, хотя он уже бесконечные разы вырывался из рук моих.”