„No, no, go not to Lethe, neither twistWolfs-bane, tight-rooted, for its poisonous wine;Nor suffer thy pale forehead to be kiss’dBy nightshade.“

— John Keats

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„Fear had long since taken rootIn every breast, and now these crushed its fruit,The ripe hate, like a wine“
— Robert Browning
„The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.“
— Ram Dass
„Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in that grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.“
— Theodore Roosevelt
„And having in thy life-depth thrownBeing and suffering (which are one),As a child drops his pebble smallDown some deep well, and hears it fallSmiling — so I. THY DAYS GO ON.“
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning