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Suffering and joy teach us, if we allow them, how to make the leap of empathy, which transports us into the soul and heart of another person. — William Fritz

Suffering is intrinsic to human existence. There is no joy without its attendant pain. — Peter Ackroyd

Act is the blossom of thought; and joy and suffering are its fruits; thus does a man garner in the sweet and biter fruitage of his own husbandry — James Allen

The prayer that is heard is not of many words ... but of Oneness — Vivian Amis

Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself — Mahatma Gandhi

The cavity which suffering carves into our souls will one day also be the receptacle of joy. — Neal A. Maxwell

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy. — Felicia Hemans

Joy is not necessarily the absence of suffering, it is the presence of God. — Sam Storms

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Priceless virtues are love, peace, joy, kindness, gentleness, goodness, long-suffering, patience faithfulness and self-control. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Enjoying the joys of others and suffering with them-these are the best guides for man. — Albert Einstein

I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy! — Louise Bogan

In what he suffered, as in all true suffering and in true joy, there was the quality of eternity. He could not believe it would ever end. — Elizabeth Goudge

Sorrow for sin should be the keenest sorrow; joy in the Lord should be the loftiest joy. — Charles Spurgeon

suffering borne by two is nearly joy. — Mark Salzman

I was discovering that the cross of Christ meant more then joy and peace. It meant suffering, too- suffering that was necessary to bring a later hope. — Bruce E. Olson

Even in the darkest clouds
There are specks of joy
Out of the darkness
Comes light
Just as day
Always follows night — Karen Hackel

Suffering teaches joy. — Sonia Rumzi

We mortals with immortal minds are only born for sufferings and joys, and one could almost say that the most excellent receive joy through sufferings. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

It is intoxicating joy for the sufferer to look away from his suffering and to forget himself. — Friedrich Nietzsche

True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the suffering and joys of others. — Andre Gide

Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a new born child? — Caroline Norton

Everywhere a greater joy is preceded by a greater suffering, — Philip Yancey

Only when we try to understand one another's suffering can we begin to bring each other joy. — Jim Stovall

True joy does not discount real suffering; it shines all the greater in the midst of it. — Melissa B. Kruger

Suffering, if it is accepted together, borne together, is joy. — Mother Teresa

The melancholy joys of evils pass'd, For he who much has suffer'd, much will know. — Homer

We marvel that you would consider us a joy worth suffering for, and we bow humbly before you and offer you our praise, our thanks, and our very lives. — Barbara R. Duguid

The joy of a strong nature is as cloudless as its suffering is desolate. — Ouida

Pessimism is not in being tired of evil but in being tired of good. Despair does not lie in being weary of suffering, but in being weary of joy. — G.K. Chesterton

It is the very joy of this earthly life to think that it will come to an end. — Charles Spurgeon

Whether it is suffering or joy, going through experiences in life is not so much of a karma. Depriving yourself of any experience is the big karma. — Jaggi Vasudev

Our most natural state is joy. It is the foundation for love, compassion, healing, and the desire to alleviate suffering. — Deepak Chopra

There is no joy nobler than suffering for the sake of love for man. — Yevgeny Zamyatin

You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy. — John Calvin

Colors are light's suffering and joy — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

People who talk a lot about their victimization make me uncomfortable. It's as if they use their suffering as weapons or badges of some kind. — Joy Kogawa

God is so committed to your ultimate joy that he was willing to plunge into the greatest depths of suffering himself for you. — Timothy Keller

So does he live, seeking, finding, joying and suffering. — Kate Chopin

Without the threat of suffering, we can't experience true joy. — Neal Shusterman

You don't usually get to choose the measure of suffering or the degree of joy you have. (Ky Markham) — Ally Condie

Suffering is due to our disconnection with the inner soul. Meditation is establishing that connection. — Amit Ray

There is too much emphasis on technical perfection nowadays, and not enough on what music is actually about - irony, joy, human suffering, love. — Mstislav Rostropovich

In happiness and suffering, in joy and grief, we should regard all creatures as we regard our own self. — Mahavira

Intoxicating joy is it for the sufferer to look away from his suffering and forget himself. — Anonymous

Filipinos don't realize that victory is the child of struggle, that joy blossoms from suffering, and redemption is a product of sacrifice. — Jose Rizal

The enemy of joy is not suffering, it is idolatry. — Matt Papa

Don't set a goal to avoid pain or escape suffering; set a goal to live in joy and bliss to make this world joyful and blissful. — Debasish Mridha

...men are as vulnerable to joy as they are to suffering. — Michel Bernanos

True power does not amass through the pain and suffering of others. — Joy Harjo

No matter what anybody thinks about any of them, every record I've done has been done with the same amount of care, anguish, pain, suffering, and joy. — Patti Smith

Love is joy. Don't convince yourself that suffering is a part of it. — Paulo Coelho

Suffering is a short pain and a long joy. — Henry Suso

All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions. — Bodhidharma

Until we understand that our grief outweighs a thousand joys, we will never understand what Christianity is all about. — Herman Melville

I am committed to cultivating loving speech and deep listening in order to bring joy and happiness to others and relieve others of their suffering. — Nhat Hanh

The pain that we feel when we are making love with someone is that we know it will end. It's that paradoxical response of joy and suffering. — Terry Tempest Williams

The right to suffer is one of the joys of a free economy. — Howard Pyle

Sacred joy exists in any suffering. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Suffering for the sake of attaining God's goal is good. It should be received with joy — Sunday Adelaja

In the sky there are always answers and explanations for everything: every pain, every suffering, joy and confusion. — Ishmael Beah

If we take good care of ourselves, we help everyone. We stop being a source of suffering to the world, and we become a reservoir of joy and freshness. — Thich Nhat Hanh

We do not choose suffering simply because we are told to, but because the one who tells us to describes it as the path to everlasting joy. — John Piper

Love ... includes fellowship in suffering, in joy and in effort. — Albert Schweitzer

Become disinterested in your pain and suffering. Only then can you make space for your longstanding joy. — David Ault

When I act I try to express the suffering or joy I've known during my lifetime. — Ethel Waters

There's this human capacity for joy and endurance, even when things are at their worst. A joy that occurs not despite our suffering, but within it. — Elizabeth Gilbert

Our identity is not in our joy, and our identity is not in our suffering. Our identity is in Christ, whether we have joy or are suffering. — Mark Driscoll

One way you can trace your way back to real and true happiness and joy is through forgiveness. — Stephen Richards

I suppose we are all products of our parents' joy and suffering. Their emotions are written into us, as much as the inscriptions made by their genes. — Siri Hustvedt

Kindness and pain, joy and suffering are twins in this fallen world. — Philip Zaleski

Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude. — Simone Weil