here's some quotes about suffering to meditate on:
"The reward of suffering is experience." ~Aeschylus
"Wisdom comes alone through suffering." ~Aeschylus
"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape." ~Charles Dickens
"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known suffering...Beautiful people do not just happen." ~Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars." ~Kahlil Gibran
"The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for." ~Bob Marley
"Man cannot remake himself without suffering for he is both the marble and the sculptor." ~Alexis Carrel
"Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon." ~Woody Allen
"Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness." ~Fyodor Dostoevsk
"The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy." ~Thich Nhat Hanh
"Suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning." ~Viktor E. Frankl
"Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself." ~Mahatma Gandhi
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved." ~Helen Keller
"One shall have to undergo suffering to reach truth." ~Rig Veda
"Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues." ~Anatole France
"The reward of suffering is experience." ~Aeschylus
"Wisdom comes alone through suffering." ~Aeschylus
"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape." ~Charles Dickens
"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known suffering...Beautiful people do not just happen." ~Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars." ~Kahlil Gibran
"The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for." ~Bob Marley
"Man cannot remake himself without suffering for he is both the marble and the sculptor." ~Alexis Carrel
"Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon." ~Woody Allen
"Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness." ~Fyodor Dostoevsk
"The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy." ~Thich Nhat Hanh
"Suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning." ~Viktor E. Frankl
"Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself." ~Mahatma Gandhi
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved." ~Helen Keller
"One shall have to undergo suffering to reach truth." ~Rig Veda
"Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues." ~Anatole France
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