Why does man grow spiritually through pain and not through joys and rest? Simply because joy and comfort lead man to be satisfied with the present world. Grief and tribulations lead us to search for a deeper joy, beyond the limits of this life. Seraphim Rose
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. Isaac Asimov
Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love. William Hazlitt
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. Aristotle
A great sea comes not through a narrow strait. Scottish Gaelic Proverb
The early riser gets through his business but not through early rising. Irish Proverb