#afflict

I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#defect #either #genius #given #gods

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#artistic #disease #temperament

As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#chaff #does #purify #separates #threshing

We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God. ↗

— Dwight L. Moody

#better #forget #god #prosperity #stand

Stress is a designer ailment that many of the so-called afflicted suffer from with pride. ↗

— Janet Street-Porter

#ailment #designer #many #pride #so-called

Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces. ↗

— Matthew Henry

#always #extraordinary #graces #punishment #sins

Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. ↗

— Finley Peter Dunne

#afflicted #comfort #comfortable

…It's breadth, and the strength between us to know that we're ready for the next step. I want to do it this way so it lasts, and I need you to understand that for me." "I understand." "Do you?" Hunter asked him closely. "Then why do I still hear rejection in your voice?" "Because I'm impulsive, and immature, and…in love with you. ↗

— Brandon Shire

#love

There was time before organisms experienced consciousness, and there will be time after. And if the inevitability of human oblivion worries you, I encourage you to ignore it. ↗

— John Green

#john-green #tfios #ignorance

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse. ↗

— George Washington

#distress #everyone #feel #give #hand