“ Pain hardens, and great pain hardens greatly, whatever the comforters say, and suffering does not ennoble, though it may occasionally lend a certain rigid dignity of manner to the suffering frame. A. S. Byatt Novelist
“ There is no true love save in suffering, and in this world we have to choose either love, which is suffering, or happiness. Man is the more man - that is, the more divine - the greater his capacity for suffering, or rather, for anguish. Miguel De Unamuno Novelist
“ A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Jean De La Bruyere
“ Intentional suffering and the postponement of happiness is not yoga or Buddhism. It will not lead to a better incarnation. Frederick Lenz Author