You slight yourself when you're easily slighted.
Seeds sewn in adversity bear the greatest fruit.
Suffering over something is proof positive of its importance.
Perhaps the greatest difference among people is between those who never have to worry about money and those who do.
If you get a job or promotion because of your race or gender, it is no different than a subsidy. You get something you didn't earn, 'something for nothing.'
We are coerced into faith by our suffering.