“The problem of suffering is: why is there the suffering we know?” — Walter Kaufmann Quote

“The problem of suffering is: why is there the suffering we know?”

“To an even moderately sophisticated and well-read person it should come as no surprise that any religion at all has its hidden as well as its obvious beauties and is capable of profound and impressive interpretations. What is deeply objectionable about most of these interpretations is that they allow the believer to say”

“Job's forthright indictment of the injustice of this world is surely right. The ways of the world are weird and much more unpredictable than either scientists or theologians generally make things look.”

“Whether we fear pain and suffering or not, pain and suffering will come to everyone. Why not keep our minds focused on where we want to go?”

“Anything that I undergo, I look at as redemptive suffering.”

“Suffering degrades, embitters and enrages.”