From the time of Adam and Eve, man has tried to escape suffering in any form.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another.
The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a fact that all men sin does not basically affect the problem of suffering.
Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.
For any sin, we all suffer. That is why our suffering is endless.
There is some suffering that awaits us all.
Hell is of this world and there are men who are unhappy escapees from hell, escapees destined ETERNALLY to reenact their escape.
Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
There is no true love save in suffering, and in this world we have to choose either love, which is suffering, or happiness. Man is the more man - that is, the more divine - the greater his capacity for suffering, or rather, for anguish.
Suffering is part of the divine idea.