We had four years of world war which the peoples endured only because they were told that their sufferings would free humanity forever from the scourge of war.

Rather than turning away from the staggering scale and depth of misery caused by war we must strive to develop our capacity to empathize and feel the sufferings of others.

Let a nation's fervent thanks make some amends for the toils and sufferings of those who survive.

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.

Most people have no imagination. If they could imagine the sufferings of others they would not make them suffer so. What separated a German mother from a French mother?

It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination so that we can understand the sufferings of others.

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.

Remember the sufferings of Christ the storms that were weathered... the crown that came from those sufferings which gave new radiance to the faith... All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort no one ever wins the crown.

If we could only snap the fetters of the body that bind the feet of the soul we shall experience a great joy. Then we shall not be miserable because of the body's sufferings. We shall become free.

Courage! I have shown it for years think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?