As a religious problem, the problem of suffering is, paradoxically, not how to avoid suffering but how to suffer, how to make of physical pain, personal loss, worldly defeat, or the helpless contemplation of others' agony something bearable, supportable- something as we say, sufferable.
All your strength in is your union. All your danger is in discord. Therefore be at peace henceforward, And as brothers live together.
And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.
As long as his strength permits, the poor mortal must always climb new mountains.
My doom and my strength is to be solitary.
Bhakti is a Social Force
Now, more than ever, I realize just how illusory my undeserved success has been. I still hold out some hope of doing better, but age and unhappiness have sapped my strength.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
He took her into his arms again, using all his strength to be gentle, and let his lips touch hers so lightly he could hardly feel it.
Men and women have strengths that complement each other.
Prayer reveals to souls the vanity of earthly goods and pleasures. It fills them with light, strength and consolation; and gives them a foretaste of the calm bliss of our heavenly home.
Everyone has in him something precious that is in no one else.
First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.
America's vulnerability comes precisely from its strength, its wealth, its power and its modernity. It's the usual story of the dog chasing its own tail.
God's strength makes us strong; His comfort comforts us. With Him, we no longer run; we rest.
Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and adrift, that he must seek strength in common action.
We work to eat to get the strength to work to eat to get the strength to work.
When a man thinks he has got a good deal of strength, and is self-confident, you may look for his downfall. It may be years before it comes to light, but it is already commenced.
You don't have to explain yourself. Let your weakness be yours. Let your strength be everybody's. You understand the principle?