“Greatness does not come out of intelligence, it comes from character.
Character is not formed out of smart people: it is formed out of people who have suffered.” ~ Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang
“Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily; and why older persons, especially if vain or important, cannot learn at all.” ~ Thomas Szasz
Thomas Merton said:
“The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers the most.” ~ Thomas Merton
“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.” ~ Oscar Wilde
“The things which hurt, instruct.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
“You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.” ~ Henri-Frédéric Amiel [Amiel’s Journal]
“There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year’s course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.” ~ Carl Jung
