“When life is unhappy it is hard to endure, when it is happy it is terrible to think of it ending. Both amount to the same thing in the end.” ThinkingEndsHardLife IsAmountTerribleEndureUnhappyUnhappiness Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable. In the same way the pleasures of this world are very attractive in the beginning, but their consequences are terrible to contemplate and hard to endure.” WorldWayHardPleasureThis WorldTerribleConsequenceEndurePainfulRingsAttractivePleasantSensationsContemplatingWormsScratchesItching Author:Ramakrishna
“Patience is the capacity to endure all that is necessary in attaining a desired end. ... Patience never forsakes the ultimate goal because the road is hard. There can be no patience without an object.” EndsHardGoalObjectsCapacityUltimatePatienceEndureUltimate GoalForsakeNo Patience Author:Margaret Kennedy