Quotes on Suffering

The sweetness and delights of the resting-place are in proportion to the pain endured on the Journey. Only when you suffer the pangs and tribulations of exile will you truly enjoy your homecoming.

The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.

Depression is rage spread thin.

O Lord, never suffer us to think that we can stand by ourselves, and not need thee.

Even places that have been shrouded in darkness for billions of years can be illuminated. Even a stone from the bottom of a river can be used to produce fire. Our present sufferings, no matter how dark, have certainly not continued for billions of years--nor will they linger forever. The sun will definitely rise. In fact, its ascent has already begun.

Refusing to be disillusioned is the cause of much of the suffering of human life.

This world could not have been the work of an all-loving being, but that of a devil, who had brought creatures into existence in order to delight in the sight of their sufferings.

You are still young, so you think only of your own self. You do not notice the tribulations that occur all around you, to other people. Do not protest; it is true. I am not condemning you. I was as selfish as you, when I was your age. It is the custom of the young to be selfish... But someday you will understand that nobody passes through this world without suffering-no matter what you think of them and their supposed good fortune.

How can it be "mutually beneficial" to sell at world market prices the raw materials that cost the underdeveloped countries immeasurable sweat and suffering.

One should identify oneself with the universe itself. Everything that is less than the universe is subjected to suffering.

In order to be cruel we have to close our hearts to the suffering of the other.

Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering?

For any sin, we all suffer. That is why our suffering is endless.

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.

Pain is physical; suffering is mental. Beyond the mind there is no suffering. Pain is essential for the survival of the body, but none compels you to suffer. Suffering is due entirely to clinging or resisting; it is a sign of our unwillingness to move on, to flow with life.

How many good books suffer neglect through the inefficiency of their beginnings!

So long as little children are allowed to suffer, there is no true love in this world.

It is not God's fault. It is our fault that we suffer. Whatever we sow we reap.

I had friends. The idea of being forever separated from them and from all their troubles is one of the greatest sorrows that I suffer in dying. Let them at least know that to my latest moment I thought of them.

The Samurai is the first to suffer anxiety for human society, and he is the last to seek personal pleasure.

Let us pray for the many Christians in the world who still suffer persecution and violence. May God grant them the courage of fidelity.