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Quotations: Obstacles, adversity, suffering

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Worrying is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere.
— Unknown

Nothing is too much trouble.
— Edward Kirby Bonds

To perceive is to suffer.
— Aristotle, Greek philosopher (384-322 B.C.)

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.
— Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet), French author, wit and philosopher (1694-1778)

The gem cannot be polished without friction.
— Chinese proverb

Adversity introduces a man to himself.
— Unknown

We cannot learn without pain.
— Aristotle, Greek philosopher (384-322 B.C.)

There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.
— Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (1265-1321)

You should not suffer the past. You should be able to wear it like a loose garment, take it off and let it drop.
— Eva Jessye, American musician and author (1895-1992)

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.
— Aristotle, Greek philosopher (384-322 B.C.)

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