And though I suffer for you, yet it eases my heart to suffer for you.

Bad people are to be found everywhere, but even among the worst there may be something good.

What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.

All the Utopias will come to pass only when we grow wings and all people are converted into angels.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others.

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.