~ The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage. ~
~ One of the greatest sources of suffering is to have an inborn sense of honor ~
~ What is the noble truth of suffering? Birth is suffering, ageing is suffering and sorrow and lamentation, pain, grief and despair are suffering. ~
~ But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for. ~
~ We are healed of a suffering only by expressing it to the full. ~
~ Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is not quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr. ~