That there is much suffering in the world no one disputes. Which is more likely, that pain and evil are the result of an all-powerful and good God, or the product of uncaring natural forces? The presence of much suffering agrees well with the view that all organic beings have been developed through variation and natural selection.

Suffering is nothing by itself. But suffering shared with the passion of Christ is a wonderful gift, the most beautiful gift, a token of love.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

You feel your strength in the experience of pain.

Suffering is a call to conversion: it reminds us of our frailty and vulnerability.

Pain makes hens and poets cackle.