Noun
The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief.
The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHe who willingly accepts chastening by affliction is not dominated by evil thoughts against his will; whereas he who does not accept affliction is taken prisoner by evil thoughts, even though he resists them. Marcus Eremita
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
Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity. Joseph Addison
The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open - this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude. Washington Irving
We benefit by affliction. Latin Proverb
Whom God favors, he tries with affliction. Hebrew Proverb