“Why should I ever resist any delay or disapointment, any affliction or oppression or humiliation - when I know God will use it in my life to make me like Jesus and to prepare me for heaven?” KnowsShouldUseJesusHeavenGods WillOppressionShould IAfflictionDelayHumiliationKnowing God Book:As Silver Refined: Learning to Embrace Life's Disappointments Source: As Silver Refined: Learning to Embrace Life's Disappointments
“CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was no more he was observed to be deeply moved. "What!" said one of his disciples, "you weep at the death of an enemy?" "Ah, 'tis true," replied the great Stoic; "but you should see me smile at the death of a friend.".” ShouldSaidEvilEnemyBearsMovedGiftedDiscipleAfflictionFortitudeStoicCallousDeath Of A Friend Book:The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily wrong.” LifeShouldAcceptanceComfortComfortableAfflictionComplacency Author:John Kenneth Galbraith