Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.

On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.

I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

SUFFERING

Suffering produces endurance,
And endurance produces character,
And character produces hope. ……… Romans 5:3-4

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness,
not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. ……..Aristotle

Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality,
for it is only suffering that makes us persons. ……Miguel de Unamuno

Suffering is part of the divine idea. ……..Henry Ward Beecher

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts;
not amid joy. ……..Sir Arthur Helps

We cannot live, suffer or die for somebody else,
for Suffering is too precious to be shared. ……..Edward Dahlberg

We are never so defensless against Suffering as when we love. ……..Sigmund Freud

It is a glorious thing to be indifferent to Suffering,
but only to one's own suffering. …….Robert Lynd
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