Daily Thought 10/1/12 – Suffering

Daily Thought 10/1/12 – Suffering

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.”

-Helen Keller

 

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”

-Khalil Gibran

 

“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

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