“No purpose is served by making private suffering into a public event.”
Source: The Heritage Universe, Summertide (1990), Chapter 23 (p. 254)
“But the real, tremendous truth is this: suffering serves no purpose whatever.”
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Context: I think I have fairly heard and fairly weighed the evidence on both sides, and I remain an utter disbeliever in almost all that you consider the most sacred truths [... ] I can see much to admire in all religions [... ] But whether there be a God and whatever be His nature; whether we have an immortal soul or not, or whatever may be our state after death, I can have no fear of having to suffer for the study of nature and the search for truth.
