"It's a world of laughter, a world of tears."

-Disney

"The world is indeed full of peril, 

  and in it there are many dark places; 

  but still

   there is much

    that is fair.

     And though in all lands

      Love is now mingled

       With grief,

        It perhaps

        Grows

         The Greater."

-J.R.R. Tolkien

"“Shrink it and put it just outside of peripheral vision.”

-Rick Nichols when asked "How do you deal with your cancer?"

"RUL Reasons Unveiled Later."

-Barry Sweet

"God is God and I am not.  I can only see a part of the picture He’s painting."

-Steven Curtis Chapman

"I am like an ant on a painting the size of North America. At this point in life, I can understand only the tiniest part of the painting."

-Barry Sweet

"For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face."

-1 Corinthians 13:12

"Aslan tells you only your own story."

-C.S. Lewis

"When we die and stand at the pearly gates, there will be a chalkboard on left with the answers to the 10 most asked questions on earth (like “Why did you let me get cancer?” etc.)  And on the right… will be the pile of all those single socks that got lost in the laundry and you couldn’t figure out where they went."

-Neil Coen

"It is not ours to always understand why, it is ours to go through it. Why may come later… maybe. It is not about understanding, it is about being shaped. Being shaped often has no why’s.."

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"Cancer is a disease. We don’t ask why, we ask how. How can we cure it?

Suicide is a disease. We don’t ask why, we ask how. How can we cure it?"

-Zelda Rae Williams (daughter of late actor Robin Williams and Marsha Garces Williams.)

"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars."

-Charles A. Beard

"Grief and gratitude can co-exist."

-Marguerite Gillies (Intermingled)

"Providence has a thousand keys

  To open a thousand sundry doors

   For the deliverance of His own

    When it is even come

      To a desperate case."

-Mrs. C.E. Cowman

"The purest suffering produces the purest understanding."

-Father John, Carmelite monastery, Napa California 

"Suffering without creating is a waste of good suffering."

-Chandler Eaton

"Creation comes from suffering and redeems it."

-Chandler Eaton

"I don't understand, but I still trust."

-Joan Sweet

"One day we'll all understand."

-Dan Fogelberg

"It’s OK.  It's just another experience."

-Ali Ulwelling

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Title Photo for Suffering - World Quotes: Lone Tree in the Swirling Cosmos. Courtesy of Sierra Brooke Sweet