"If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish..." - Quote by William Butler Yeats

“I have nothing but the embittered sun;Banished heroic mother moon and vanished,And now that I have come to fifty yearsI must endure the timid sun.”

“All men live in sufferingI know as few can know,Whether they take the upper roadOr stay content on the low.”

“Everything exists, everything is true and the earth is just a bit of dust beneath our feet.”

“Disaster appears, to crush one man now, but afterward another.”

“To succeed in life one must have determination and must be prepared to suffer during the process. If one isn't prepared to suffer during adversities, I don't really see how he can be successful.”

“Life without pain has no meaning.”

“He that writeth in blood and proverbs doth not want to be read, but learnt by heart.”

“Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.”

“And whilst he may not claim superiority by reason of learning, I myself must not withold that meed of homage that learning, wherever it resides, always commands.”