Oscar Wilde on Suffering

❝ BUT WHILE THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I REJOICED IN THE IDEA THAT MY SUFFERINGS WERE TO BE ENDLESS, I COULD NOT BEAR THEM TO BE WITHOUT MEANING. NOW I FIND HIDDEN SOMEWHERE AWAY IN MY NATURE SOMETHING THAT TELLS ME THAT NOTHING IN THE WHOLE WORLD IS MEANINGLESS, AND SUFFERING LEAST OF ALL. THAT SOMETHING HIDDEN AWAY IN MY NATURE, LIKE A TREASURE IN A FIELD, IS HUMILITY. ❞

OSCAR WILDE, DE PROFUNDIS