--- title: "10 Cessation Suffering Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 10 Cessation Suffering quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Cessation Suffering sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/nhat-hanh-515_cessation_happiness-is-the-cessation-of-suffering_295343.png" --- > [Happiness is the cessation of suffering. Well-being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/happiness-is-the-cessation-of-suffering-well-being/) [Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nhat-hanh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/nhat-hanh-515_cessation_happiness-is-the-cessation-of-suffering_295343.png) > [“The cessation of desire equates to the cessation of suffering”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-cessation-of-desire-equates-to-the-cessation-of-suffering/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fa/john-green-12_cessation_the-cessation-of-desire-equates-to-the-c_2460114.jpg) > [Happiness is the cessation of suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/happiness-is-the-cessation-of-suffering/) [Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nhat-hanh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b64/nhat-hanh-515_cessation_happiness-is-the-cessation-of-suffering_8113.png) > [Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/both-formerly-and-now-it-is-only-suffering-that-i-describe-and-the/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfd/gautama-buddha-163_buddhist_both-formerly-and-now-it-is-only-sufferi_2548423.jpg) > [The third noble truth says that the cessation of suffering is letting go of holding on to ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/the-third-noble-truth-says-that-the-cessation-of-suffering-is-letting/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/pema-ch-dr-n-327_cessation_the-third-noble-truth-says-that-the-cess_403793.png) > [Do what you can on this plane to relieve suffering by constantly working on yourself to be an instrument for the cessation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/do-what-you-can-on-this-plane-to-relieve-suffering-by-constantly/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/316/ram-dass-784_emerging_do-what-you-can-on-this-plane-to-relieve_1700995.png) > [“... the four noble truths: that there is suffering, that it has an origin, that there is a cessation of suffering, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sid-brown/the-four-noble-truths-that-there-is-suffering-that-it-has-an-origin/) [Sid Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sid-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e9/sid-brown-278243_buddhism_the-four-noble-truths-that-there-is-suff_1525678.jpg) > [“The Buddha said that suffering was caused by desire, we'd learned, and that the cessation of desire meant the cessation of suffering.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-buddha-said-that-suffering-was-caused-by-desire-we-d-learned-and/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a8/john-green-12_fall-apart_the-buddha-said-that-suffering-was-cause_2574205.jpg) > [“Just as the Buddha taught, it’s important to see suffering as suffering. We are not talking about ignoring or keeping quiet. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/just-as-the-buddha-taught-it-s-important-to-see-suffering-as/) [Pema Chödrön](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5b/pema-ch-dr-n-327_aggression_just-as-the-buddha-taught-it-s-important_2713516.png) > [We are all going, I thought, and it applies to turtles and turtlenecks, Alaska the girl and Alaska the place, because nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-are-all-going-i-thought-and-it-applies-to-turtles-and-turtlenecks/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/john-green-12_acceptance_we-are-all-going-i-thought-and-it-applie_1674643.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cessation-suffering/#itemlist", "name": "Cessation Suffering Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Happiness is the cessation of suffering. 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