Suffering/philosophy

Famous quotes containing the words suffering and/or philosophy:

    The notion of some infinitely gentle
    Infinitely suffering thing.
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    The purpose of a work of fiction is to appeal to the lingering after-effects in the reader’s mind as differing from, say, the purpose of oratory or philosophy which respectively leave people in a fighting or thoughtful mood.
    F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)