Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.
Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.
Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it is to Thee, O God of majesty and love, that I turn in my extremity, for Thou art the fount of mercy; to Thee, as quickly as I may, I speed: for Thou alone canst heal me; I take refuge under Thy protection.
The saddest thing that befalls a soul is when it loses faith in God and woman.
Suffering is not good for the soul, unless it teaches you to stop suffering.
If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little.
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.
Most humbly, my beloved Saviour, I bow myself before thee. I am a worm and no man. I alone deserve to suffer. I alone shrink from suffering. I was with thee in thy days of joy, singing 'Hosanna,' and I wished to make thee King. Now, in thine hour of suffering, I am far from thee.
That's what troubles me: I should like to suffer more for the expiation of my sins.
Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain.