“I was beginning to think that in life there might be some suffering that was worth enduring.”

“It might be a dungeonof suffering and pain fullyet this life is worth livingand this world is beautiful.”

“Endure because when you gaze upon Jesus’ soul-ravishing beauty you will say it was worth it. You’ll say I would have endured a thousand lifetimes of suffering for this kind of joy and glory.”

“Seven years ago we all went through the flames; and the happiness of some of us since then is, we think, well worth the pain we endured...”

“Someday we're going to look back on every shared smile and smile some more. It's moments like this that make life worth enduring.”

“Let people who do not know what to do with themselves in this life, but fritter away their time reading magazines and watching television, hope for eternal life.....The life I want is a life I could not endure in eternity. It is a life of love and intensity, suffering and creation, that makes life worth while and death welcome. There is no other life I should prefer. Neither should I like not to die. ”