我相当喜欢的英格兰皇后Catherine(Queen of Aragon,daughter of Isabella in Spain)在被Henry VIII抛弃的时候,甚至消减了她的作为一个西班牙公主的所以生活开支时,她说:“ If i had to choose between extreme happyness and extreme sorrow, I will always choose sorrow. For when you're happy you forget, forget the spirit of faith, forget about the God. But when you sorrow, the God is alway with you. (大意是:如果要我在极乐和极悲中做出选择,我一定会选择悲伤。因为愉悦使人遗忘,快乐时你会忘记信仰,忘记上帝,然而当你悲伤时,上帝会永远与你同在。)也不怪得,佛主释迦牟尼只有在痛苦和极艰苦的环境下,才悟出道来,凡夫俗子怎有此能耐。