Pope Benedict XVI Quotes:
Life: b. April 16, 1927
Birthday: April 16
It is when we attempt to avoid suffering by withdrawing from anything that might involve hurt, when we try to spare ourselves the effort and pain of pursuing truth, love, and goodness, that we drift into a life of emptiness, in which there may be almost no pain, but the dark sensation of meaninglessness and abandonment is all the greater.
source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
topic: Hurt, Pain, Dark, Withdrawing, Meaninglessness
