Why do men learn through pain and suffering, and not through pleasure and happiness?

Why do men learn through pain and suffering, and not through pleasure and happiness? Very simply, because pleasure and happiness accustom one to satisfaction with the things given in this world, whereas pain and suffering drive one to seek a more profound happiness beyond the limitations of this world.

Based on Elder Seraphim Rose

A deacon reading the Gospel in the Chapel of Paramythia

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