My sister Emily first declined. The details of her illness are deep-branded in my memory, but to dwell on them, either in thought or narrative, is not in my power. Never in all her life had she lingered over any task that lay before her, and she did not linger now. She sank rapidly. She made haste to leave us. Yet, while physically she perished, mentally, she grew stronger than we had yet known her. Day by day, when I saw with what a front she met suffering, I looked on her with anguish of wonder and love. I have seen nothing like it; but, indeed, I have never seen her parallel in anything. Stronger than a man, simpler than a child, her nature stood alone. The awful point was, that, while full of ruth for others, on herself she had no pity; the spirit inexorable to the flesh; from the trembling hand, the unnerved limbs, the faded eyes, the same service exacted as they had rendered in health. To stand by and witness this, and not dare to remonstrate, was pain no words can render.
Charlotte BrontëTags: death suffering grief illness sisters emily-bronte
Sometimes it takes great suffering to pierce the soul and open it up to greatness
Jocelyn MurrayTags: pain love greatness soul loss suffering depth
The pain wants to eat me away. I wish I could have one without the other, but that's the problem with being alive. You don't usually get to choose the measure of suffering or the degree of joy you have.
Ally CondieTags: pain joy suffering ky-markham
I know that suffering is one place where He ministers to us the most. So to think that we've had our quota would be foolish. I am just longing for the day when all the pain stops.
Mary Beth ChapmanTags: pain suffering perseverance encouragement god-s-love
Why does it hurt so much? Why does it have to hurt?
Zoë MarriottWe come to the end of suffering, through suffering.
T. Scott McLeodTags: peace suffering enlightenment the-end-of-suffering
I don’t know where I’m going on this path. I don’t know what I’m doing with my life. You had to be lost, before you could be found. These are the truths. You had to be confused, before you could find clarity; you had to suffer, before you could find peace. These were the only ways, life could happen. Of course you were confused before you found clarity. If you weren't confused, then you would already be clear. Of course you were lost before you were found. If you were already found, then you wouldn't be lost. Of course there would be suffering before peace. If there was already peace, then there wouldn't be suffering. One necessarily came before the other.
T. Scott McLeodTags: buddhism peace zen suffering meditation confusion enlightenment struggling being-lost spiritual-journeys spiritual-journey finding-one-s-way overcoming-confusion
You will bring yourself the suffering you need to bring yourself so that you may awaken.
T. Scott McLeodTags: buddhism peace zen suffering meditation enlightenment awakening struggles zen-buddhism spiritual-journey the-end-of-suffering the-end-of-struggling
It is the rub that polishes the jewel,” Enso Roshi says. “Nobody ever gets to nirvana without going through samsara. Nobody ever gets to heaven, without going through hell. The center of all things, the truth, is surrounded by demons.
T. Scott McLeodTags: love buddhism peace zen suffering transcendence meditation enlightenment zen-buddhism spiritual-journeys spiritual-journey
We have a choice. We can spend our whole life suffering because we can't relax with how things really are, or we can relax and embrace the open-endedness of the human situation, which is fresh, unfixated, unbiased.
Pema ChödrönTags: life acceptance choice suffering relaxing
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