“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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