Is suffering so very serious? I have come to doubt it. It may be quite childish, a sort of undignified pastime -- I'm referring to the kind of suffering a man inflicts on a woman or a woman on a man. It's extremely painful. I agree that it's hardly bearable. But I very much fear that this sort of pain deserves no consideration at all. It's no more worthy of respect than old age or illness.
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To most people loneliness is a doom. Yet loneliness is the very thing which God has chosen to be one read more
To most people loneliness is a doom. Yet loneliness is the very thing which God has chosen to be one of the schools of training for His very own. It is the fire that sheds the dross and reveals the gold.
In cities no one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely.
In cities no one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely.
If you pray for rain, don't be surprised if you're struck by lightning.
If you pray for rain, don't be surprised if you're struck by lightning.
It contains a misleading impression, not a lie. It was being economical with the truth.
It contains a misleading impression, not a lie. It was being economical with the truth.
Stop worrying -- nobody gets out of this world alive.
Stop worrying -- nobody gets out of this world alive.
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
Success is 99 percent failure.
Success is 99 percent failure.
There are two days in the week on which I never worry; One is yesterday and the other is tomorrow.
There are two days in the week on which I never worry; One is yesterday and the other is tomorrow.
