Dr. David Naugle

"For by divine design, God made people as His image and likeness with a multifaceted cognitive apparatus capable of investigating and knowing the cosmos. (...) 'Take upon us the mystery of things, as if we were God's spies.' (King Lear) So for this purpose, there is a compatibility between human knowers and the things to be known. And not only are human reason and the five sense adequate for logical analysis and empirical knowledge, but God has also blessed us with creativity, imagination, intuition, empathy, and emotion as cognitive powers in order to know the full range of the created order, including the divine."

from "Matters of Consequence",  Dr. David Naugle

Socrates

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.

Cicero

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.