How can you and I really expect to glide naively through life, as if to say, 'Lord, give me experience, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken. Keep from me, Lord, all those experiences which made Thee what Thou art! Then, let me come and dwell with Thee and fully share Thy joy!'

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Flattery won't hurt you if you don't swallow it.

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There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain. ― Aeschylus

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After the rain, the sun will reappear. There is life. After the pain, the joy will still be here. ― Walt Disney Company

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We are not for everyone and everyone is not for us. The question is, 'If we cannot be with another, can we at least not hurt them? Can we, at least, find a way to coexist?'

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Snuggle in God's arms. When you are hurting, when you feel lonely, left out. let Him cradle you, comfort you, reassure you of His all-sufficient power and love.

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It's an art to live with pain... mix the light into gray.

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Nobody likes being alone that much. I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. It just leads to disappointment. ― Haruki Murakami

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I have never been hurt by what I have not said. -Calvin Coolidge

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Face your life, its pain, its pleasure, leave no path untaken.

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