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