Francois Fenelon Quotes

The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.

There is a fullness and calmness there which can come only from knowing pain.

Do not let trifles disturb your tranquility of mind. The little pin-pricks of daily life when dwelt upon and magnified, may do great damage, but if ignored or dismissed from thought, will disappear from inanition.

Suffering well borne is better than suffering removed.

When I planted my pain in the field of patience it bore fruit of happiness.

Through wind, and tempest, storm, and rain; The calm shall be buried inside of me; A warm stone, heavy and dry; The root, the source, a weapon against pain

What was once your pain, will be your home.

Suffering increases your inner strength. Also, the wishing for suffering makes the suffering disappear.

Suffering is not good for the soul, unless it teaches you to stop suffering.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

I get why we don't want to be in pain, but there's something very essential about what happens when we're in pain and some of the growth that can come from it if we stare at it straight in the face.

It's OK to feel pain and experience it. I'm not trying to fix myself. My suffering has given me so much.

I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain, the intense, often unmitigated pain. It is important to share how I know survival is survival and not just a walk throught the rain.

The fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength

There are some feelings time cannot benumb, Nor torture shake.

Discipline is something we despise for the moment.... We all look for a place to run, an excuse with which to stall. No one enjoys it. Yet those of us who have endured it know that the fruit it produces and the pain from which it ultimately spares us makes it worth the agony.

There was a point that I stopped crying. It's not just because I didn't feel pain anymore, not because I didn't feel sorrow. It was just to keep going. I mean, it just was to survive, to live.

When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.

You have to try your best to have peace of mind, and whatever happens you know you did your best

When I think of the happiness that is in store for me, every sorrow, every pain becomes dear to me.

Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace, the external problems do not affect your deep sense of peace and tranquility... Without this inner peace, no matter how comfortable your life is materially, you may still be worried, disturbed or unhappy because of circumstances.

Bear patiently, my heart, for you have suffered heavier things.