“Affliction is a good man's shining time.”

“There are times in life to grow, and there are times in life to shine. One can't grow and shine at the same time; it just doesn't work that way. Now you're growing. Tomorrow you'll shine.”

Carol Plum-Ucci (1957) American writer

“There's a light that is shining in the heart of a man,
it's the light that was shining when the world began.
There's a light that is shining in the Turk and the Jew
and a light that is shining, friend, in me and in you.”

Sydney Carter (1915–2004) British musician and poet

“Every time you smile, I smile
And every time you shine, I'll shine for you.”

Taylor Swift (1989) American singer-songwriter

“Happy is the man who avoids dissension, but how fine is the man who is afflicted and shows endurance.”

Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam

“It makes you feel good to know that there's other people afflicted like you.”

Harvey Pekar (1939–2010) writer

“The clergy have always had great faith in famine, in affliction, in pestilence. They know that a man is a thousand times more apt to thank God for a crust or a crumb than for a banquet.”

Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899) Union United States Army officer

“To see her is a picture-
To hear her is a tune-
To know her an Intemperance
As innocent as June-
To know her not-Affliction-
To own her for a Friend
A warmth as near as if the the Sun
Were shining in your Hand.”

Emily Dickinson book The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

“In difficult times, in dark times, some people shine.”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author

“There is a kind of selective memory that afflicts men when they view the past. They see the good and overlook the evil.”

Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …