The wound is the place where the Light enters you.   Rumi

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.  Kahlil Gibran

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.   Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.  Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing

Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.   Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

It’s not that I’m so smart; it’s just that I stay with problems longer.   Albert Einstein

A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.    Albert Einstein

Any fool can know. The point is to understand.   Albert Einstein

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.   Albert Einstein