It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good account for others, is a loss - a loss, if you may so express it, to the spiritual world.


Companions of My Solitude (ed. 1857)


It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good...

It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good...

It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good...

It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good...