"There have been many people for whom..." - Quote by Eckhart Tolle
There have been many people for whom limitations, failure, loss, or pain in whatever form turned out to be their greatest teacher. It taught them to let go of false self-images and superficial ego-dictated goals and desires. It gave them depth, humility and compassion. It made them more real.
More by Eckhart Tolle
“You cannot find yourself by going into the past. You can find yourself by coming into the present.”
“Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality it brings something entirely new into this world. That peace, a subtle energy vibration, is consciousness.”
“Forgive yourself for not being at peace.”
More on Suffering
“Of all the multitudes who throughout history have spoken for human dignity in times of great suffering and loss, no voice is more compelling than that of Anne Frank.”
“Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.”
“But let the frame of things disjoint, both the worlds suffer,Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleepIn the affliction of these terrible dreamsThat shake us nightly.”
More on Pain
“This is the last time I'm asking you this,Put my name at the top of your list,This is the last time I'm asking you why,You break my heart in the blink of an eye.”
“Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan For that deep wound it gives my friend and me; Is't not enough to torture me alone, But slave to slavery my sweet'st friend must be?”
“Thank you all from the pit of my burning, nauseous stomach for your letters and concern during the past years.”