98 quotes
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.”
— Gautama Buddha
“No mud no lotus.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
“Wisdom comes through suffering.”
— Aeschylus
“The soul that has been enriched by suffering becomes richer still through the alchemy of faith”
— Simone Weil
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls the most massive characters are seared with scars”
— Khalil Gibran
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”
— Seneca
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality”
“To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. But beyond them lies peace.”
— Dostoevsky
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
— Kahlil Gibran
“The world is full of suffering. It is also full of the overcoming of it.”
— Helen Keller
“Although the world is full of suffering it is also full of the overcoming of it.”
“What is to give light must endure burning.”
— Viktor Frankl
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls and the most massive characters are seared with scars but illuminated by faith”
“Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun”
— Alan Watts
“It is always the false that makes you suffer the false desires and fears the false values and ideas”
— Nisargadatta Maharaj
“Suffering is universal but victimhood is optional”
— Edith Eger
“When another person makes you suffer it is because they suffer deeply within themselves and faith helps us see this truth with compassion”
“The miserable have no other medicine but only hope.”
— William Shakespeare
“We suffer more in imagination than in reality.”
“Who is it that loves and who that suffers it is the Lord alone”
— Anandamayi Ma
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality but imagination also gives us the gift of wonder”
“He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear.”
— Michel de Montaigne
“We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgments about them.”
— Epictetus
“The essence of being human is in extending compassion to those who suffer most”
— Aristotle
“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart”
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
“The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment as well as his path to peace.”
“Wisdom is born from suffering.”
“Although the world is full of suffering it is also full of the overcoming of it and faith makes overcoming possible”
“Although the world is full of suffering it is also full of the overcoming of it through compassion”
“When another person makes you suffer it is because they suffer deeply within them and their suffering is spilling over they need kindness not punishment”
“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be”
— Charles Dickens
“The fortunate man is he who is born with a fair nature, is well nurtured, and has suffered all that he could suffer.”
— Solon
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”
“Life is full of suffering and it is also full of overcoming suffering and that overcoming is what we call healing”
— Rachel Naomi Remen
“Although the world is full of suffering it is also full of the overcoming of it”
“He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until at last peace comes.”
“Suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning and healing begins there”
“The power of mindful awareness to transform our experience of suffering into wisdom is one of the great discoveries of the contemplative tradition.”
— Nyanaponika Thera
“The man who does ill must suffer ill.”
“He who learns must suffer and even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart and in our own despair against our will comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God”
“He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.”
— Plato
“Initiation through suffering brings us the gift of knowing that we belong to something larger than ourselves”
— Francis Weller
“He who fears he will suffer, already suffers because he fears.”
— Michel De Montaigne
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls and the most compassionate hearts”
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat suffering and loss yet found faith”
— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.”
— John Vance Cheney
“Compassion is the divine love that responds to the cry of every suffering soul in the universe”
— Sri Aurobindo
“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown they prefer suffering that is familiar.”
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest family bonds. The most massive characters in families are seared with scars.”
“The wretched have no compassion; they can do good only from strong principles of duty.”
— Samuel Johnson
“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering out of a fear of the unknown they prefer suffering that is familiar”
“The truth is everyone is going to hurt you you just have to find the ones worth suffering for”
— Bob Marley
“Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise”
— Ram Dass
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
— Rumi
“Compassion allows us to bear witness to suffering whether it is in ourselves or others without fear”
— Sharon Salzberg
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat known suffering known struggle known loss and have found their way out of the depths”
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls.”
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat known suffering known struggle known loss and have found their way out of the depths.”
“Compassion does not see the faults of others it sees only suffering that needs to be addressed”
— Amma
“He who learns must suffer and even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart”
“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.”
“Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.”
— Marcus Aurelius
“Pain is inevitable suffering is optional and healing transforms the relationship between the two”
— Dalai Lama
“Compassion is the wish for all beings to be free from suffering and its causes”
— Matthieu Ricard
“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering and out of a fear of the unknown they prefer suffering that is familiar but faith offers release”
“When another person makes you suffer it is because he suffers deeply within himself and his suffering is spilling over”
“The expectation that we can be immersed in suffering and loss and not be touched by it is unrealistic and asks of compassion the impossible”
“The root of suffering is attachment.”
— Buddha
“The root of all suffering is the failure to accept what is”
— Tsongkhapa
“Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.”
“When another person makes you suffer it is because he suffers deeply within himself”
“A man who suffers before it is necessary suffers more than is necessary and never finds peace.”
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared with scars.”
“When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool”
— Chinua Achebe
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat suffering struggle loss and have found their way out of the depths through kindness”
— Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
“For family gives meaning to suffering and transforms tragedy into achievement.”
— Victor Frankl
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