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We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to

We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them. – Charles C. West

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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. – Sophocles

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Life is hard to bear. But do not pretend to be so frail! We are all good he-asses and she-asses of burden. – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), “Of Reading and Writing,” Thus Spake Zarathus

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Its easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top. – Arnold Bennett

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Yes, one must suffer, even in vain, so as not to have lived in vain. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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