Swami Vivekananda Quotes on Suffering
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If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished.
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Blows are what awaken us and help to break the dream. They show us the insufficiency of this world and make us long to escape, to have freedom.
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Desire, ignorance, and inequality-this is the trinity of bondage.
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However we may receive blows, and however knocked about we may be, the Soul is there and is never injured. We are that Infinite.
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I fervently wish no misery ever came near anyone; yet it is that alone that gives us an insight into the depths of our lives, does it not? In our moments of anguish, gates barred forever seem to open and let in many a flood of light.
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When I Asked God for Happiness He Showed Me Some Unhappy People