“As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction pu...” — Christian Nestell Bovee Quote

“As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.”

“Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.”

“In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.”

“I've stammered all my life, and it's fair to say that my stammer has shaped my life. It's made me make some decisions that I'm sure I wouldn't have if I didn't suffer with this affliction.”

“I have some afflictions, like diabetes 2, but I take care. I sleep well.”

“Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in fact, that one could give that as a definition of revolution.”