The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself.
For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
Love breaks my bones and I laugh
The idea of the Bodhisattva is the one who out of his realization of transcendence participates in the world. The imitation of Christ is joyful participation in the sorrows of the world.
All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering.
Acting is happy agony.
My Lord Jesus has fully recompensed my sadness with his joys, my losses with his own presence. I find it a sweet and rich thing to exchange my sorrows with Christ's joys, my afflictions with that sweet peace I have with himself.
Love sweetens pain; and when one loves God, one suffers for His sake with joy and courage.
