Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies. - Erich Fromm

I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. - Jewish Proverb

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them? - Rose F. Kennedy

You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave. - Henry Ward Beecher

If you want to forget all your other troubles, wear too tight shoes. - The Houghton Line, November 1965

Turn your wounds into wisdom. - Oprah Winfrey

Sometimes the littlest things in life are the hardest to take. You can sit on a mountain more comfortably than on a tack. - Author Unknown

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. - Frank A. Clark

As long as you keep getting born, it's alright to die some times. - Orson Scott Card

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. - Kenji Miyazawa