First published in 1922, Hesse's slender novel chronicled the quest of the Brahmin Siddhartha to conquer suffering and fear.
A week of annihilations and humiliations is about to come to an end but, worry not, there's will be more suffering and conquering before the week is out.
It can't conquer it, or even eliminate suffering.
Suffering further losses, they conquered Petrikau on 5 September.
After suffering this, I realised the key to conquering my demons was to go out and fight them alone, where I was in control of as many factors as possible".
"The light of all-conquering Christian faith was seen in the suffering the royal family endured during their incarceration with gentleness, patience, and humility, and in their martyr deaths".
While coaches and drill instructors have their place, and while conquering adversity does build confidence, I question whether, in general, suffering builds character.
Although suffering from a mental illness is a trying experience, conquering it can be equally powerful and strengthening.
"That day he spent eight hours in the saddle, suffering terrible fatigue but, deep down, total satisfaction that he had conquered the climb".
He describes a Catholic church with a reverence for suffering, linked to the deep "fatalism" of a Latin American continent conquered by the Spanish crown: "The more Latino you are, the more you carry Jesus on the cross".
Suffering from terrible anxiety, not much tamed by alcohol and drugs, he conquered his fear of performing onstage after decades of Zen practice.
