Quotes on World Suffering

It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

Fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

If we could read the secret history of our enemies.

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.

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.

The truth that many people never understand until it is too late is that the more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.

Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive.

The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most.

Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.