“Pain is the great equalizer, the cure to mental anguish, the antidote for a hopeful heart.” — David Estes Copy Share Image
Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Some people think and say that we came here to suffer. Hmmmmmmm. I don’t think so.” — Art Hochberg Copy Share Image
What I remember as a child is that other kids didn't care about suffering. I always did. — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
“The pain on the inside is what keeps you human,' she said. 'Never forget that.” — Taylor Stevens Copy Share Image
It is ignorance that smothers, and it is carelessness that makes it invisible. The hunger of craving pollutes the world, and the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“A writer off-guard since the materials with which he works are so dangerous can expect agony as quick as a thunderclap.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
I think people can get a little weirded out by pain, suffering, and death. They don't know what to do so they… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Hatred, revenge, bitterness - these are negative emotions. The person harbouring those emotions suffers more. — Ahmed Kathrada Copy Share Image
I haven't been very good about dealing with disappointment. I suffer it, and then when that suffering becomes a kind of predation,… — Donald Sutherland Copy Share Image
The patient endurance of the saints exhausts the evil power that attacks them, since it makes them glory in sufferings undergone for… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
The mere possibility of getting what we want fills the soul of the ordinary person with guilt. We look around at all… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Oh, we're very careful, Marilla. And it's so interesting. Two flashes means, "Are you there?" Three means "yes" and four "no." Five… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I didn't cry when I asked him what it felt like, suffering with whatever had befallen him, and he replaid, It's something… — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
Evolution is fundamentally creative, and when we align ourselves with the evolutionary movements of consciousness, the universe itself puts wind in our… — Amit Goswami Copy Share Image
I've had two great years, probably five good years. So I had 20 years of just kind of uncertainty and suffering and… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
Doesn't the world see the suffering of millions of Palestinians who have been living in exile around the world or in refugee… — Ismail Haniyeh Copy Share Image
When our faith is tested by suffering "as gold is tried in a furnace" and we depend with confidence on God and… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
I have been schooled by my own suffering: I've learned the many ways of being purged. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
The main cause of suffering is egoistic desire for one's own comfort and happiness. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I stood in unimaginable trance And agony that cannot be remembered. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer. — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
“This is where he had ended up, lying on his back, trying to forget himself.” — Neil Walker Copy Share Image
Mental anguish always results from the avoidance of legitimate suffering. — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing. — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
“In the laughter of soul, the century-old agony is freed, like petals loosened in spring.” — Jayita Bhattacharjee Copy Share Image
Everybody is going to hurt you,just gotta find the ones worth suffering for. — Nikkie Mae Copy Share Image
Suffering is a call for inquiry, all pain needs investigation. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
