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> [Fear can bring suffering and suffering adds gravity to fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-kurien-s-thomas/fear-can-bring-suffering-and-suffering-adds-gravity-to-fear/)

[Dr Kurien S Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-kurien-s-thomas/)

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> [“You think too much. Thinking will bring you nothing but suffering. Be simple.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/you-think-too-much-thinking-will-bring-you-nothing-but-suffering-be/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

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> [“You will bring yourself the suffering you need to bring yourself so that you may awaken.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/you-will-bring-yourself-the-suffering-you-need-to-bring-yourself-so/)

[T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/)

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> [You know that your happiness and suffering depend on the happiness and suffering of others. That insight helps you not to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/th-ch-nh-t-h-nh/you-know-that-your-happiness-and-suffering-depend-on-the-happiness/)

[Thich Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/th-ch-nh-t-h-nh/)

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> [“All of us suffer in life, but the ones who bring the suffering find the greatest pain. The wounds we inflict upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dragos-bratasanu-ph-d/all-of-us-suffer-in-life-but-the-ones-who-bring-the-suffering-find/)

[Dragos Bratasanu, Ph.D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dragos-bratasanu-ph-d/)

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> [By engaging in a delusive quest for happiness, we bring only suffering upon ourselves. In our frantic search for something to quench…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-salzberg/by-engaging-in-a-delusive-quest-for-happiness-we-bring-only-suffering/)

[Sharon Salzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-salzberg/)

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> [“What are the purposes of examinations anyhow? Are they to increase our educational attainment? Or are they instruments used to bring suffering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-are-the-purposes-of-examinations-anyhow-are-they-to-increase-our/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“What a lamentable thing it is that men should blame the gods and regard us as the source of their troubles, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/what-a-lamentable-thing-it-is-that-men-should-blame-the-gods-and/)

[Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/)

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> [“God smiles to calm me and it works. He says, 'They don't realize what they're losing when they bring suffering upon themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-przekop/god-smiles-to-calm-me-and-it-works-he-says-they-don-t-realize-what/)

[Penelope Przekop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-przekop/)

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