We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.

'Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of

There is no birth of consciousness without pain.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.