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title: "28 Happiness Suffering Quotes by 20 authors"
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> [“I’m choosing happiness over suffering.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-m-choosing-happiness-over-suffering/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [“Our happiness and suffering are the happiness and suffering of others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/th-ch-nh-t-h-nh/our-happiness-and-suffering-are-the-happiness-and-suffering-of-others/)

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

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> [The flip side of happiness is suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/radhanath-swami/the-flip-side-of-happiness-is-suffering/)

[Radhanath Swami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/radhanath-swami/)

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> [“In happiness and suffering, in joy and grief, we should regard all creatures as we regard our own self.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahavira/in-happiness-and-suffering-in-joy-and-grief-we-should-regard-all/)

[Mahavira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahavira/)

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> [Happiness and suffering are states of mind, and so their main causes cannot be found outside the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geshe-kelsang-gyatso/happiness-and-suffering-are-states-of-mind-and-so-their-main-causes/)

[Geshe Kelsang Gyatso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geshe-kelsang-gyatso/)

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> [External circumstances can contribute to one's happiness and well-being, but ultimately happiness and suffering depend on the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/external-circumstances-can-contribute-to-one-s-happiness-and-well/)

[Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/)

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> [I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-m-choosing-happiness-over-suffering-i-know-i-am-i-m-making-space/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Good and evil exist only in terms of the happiness or suffering they create in ourselves and others](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/good-and-evil-exist-only-in-terms-of-the-happiness-or-suffering-they/)

[Matthieu Ricard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthieu-ricard/)

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> [“Happiness and suffering are states of mind and so their main causes are not to be found outside the mind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geshe-kelsang-gyatso/happiness-and-suffering-are-states-of-mind-and-so-their-main-causes-3/)

[Geshe Kelsang Gyatso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geshe-kelsang-gyatso/)

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> [Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/happiness-and-suffering-do-not-depend-on-being-poor-or-rich-they/)

[Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/)

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> [We are the creators of our own happiness and suffering, for everything originates in the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/we-are-the-creators-of-our-own-happiness-and-suffering-for-everything/)

[Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/)

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> [“Everything that God sends us is beautiful, even though we may not understand it - and we only need to give it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adalbert-stifter/everything-that-god-sends-us-is-beautiful-even-though-we-may-not/)

[Adalbert Stifter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adalbert-stifter/)

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> [“Whether any particular day shall bring to you more of happiness or of suffering is largely beyond your power to determine. Whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wilder-tileston/whether-any-particular-day-shall-bring-to-you-more-of-happiness-or-of/)

[Mary Wilder Tileston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wilder-tileston/)

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> [Everything is unfolding based on causes and conditions. Our happiness or suffering is dependent on how we relate to the present moment.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-levine/everything-is-unfolding-based-on-causes-and-conditions-our-happiness/)

[Noah Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-levine/)

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> [“It's about not taking things personally. Even when you feel the world is crumbling around you. It's about choosing happiness over suffering.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-munson/it-s-about-not-taking-things-personally-even-when-you-feel-the-world/)

[Laura Munson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-munson/)

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> [Happiness and suffering support each other. To be is to inter-be. It's like the left and the right. If the left is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/happiness-and-suffering-support-each-other-to-be-is-to-inter-be-it-s/)

[Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nhat-hanh/)

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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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> [The cause of happiness and the solution to our problems do not lie in knowledge of material things. Happiness and suffering are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geshe-kelsang-gyatso/the-cause-of-happiness-and-the-solution-to-our-problems-do-not-lie-in/)

[Geshe Kelsang Gyatso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geshe-kelsang-gyatso/)

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> [“Happiness and suffering are states of mind and so their main causes are not to be found outside the mind. If we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelsang-gyatso/happiness-and-suffering-are-states-of-mind-and-so-their-main-causes-2/)

[Kelsang Gyatso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelsang-gyatso/)

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> [For most of us, karma and negative emotions obscure the ability to see our own intrinsic nature, and the nature of reality.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sogyal-rinpoche/for-most-of-us-karma-and-negative-emotions-obscure-the-ability-to-see/)

[Sogyal Rinpoche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sogyal-rinpoche/)

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> [Those who are truely wise will remain unmoved by feelings of happiness, and suffering, fame and disgrace, praise and blame, gain and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/those-who-are-truely-wise-will-remain-unmoved-by-feelings-of/)

[Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/)

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> [In recent years our knowledge of modern technology has increased considerably, and as a result we have witnessed remarkable material progress, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geshe-kelsang-gyatso/in-recent-years-our-knowledge-of-modern-technology-has-increased/)

[Geshe Kelsang Gyatso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geshe-kelsang-gyatso/)

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> [“All our troubles begin when we break life up into segments and see things fragmentarily. No, all places are alike. There is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osho/all-our-troubles-begin-when-we-break-life-up-into-segments-and-see/)

[Osho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osho/)

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> [To treat others ethically is to act out of concern for their happiness and suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-harris/to-treat-others-ethically-is-to-act-out-of-concern-for-their/)

[Sam Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-harris/)

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> [Your happiness and suffering depend on your actions and not on my wishes for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/your-happiness-and-suffering-depend-on-your-actions-and-not-on-my/)

[Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/)

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> [Isn't it the mind that translates the outer condition into happiness and suffering?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/isn-t-it-the-mind-that-translates-the-outer-condition-into-happiness/)

[Matthieu Ricard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthieu-ricard/)

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> [That's what Buddhism has been trying to unravel - the mechanism of happiness and suffering. It is a science of the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/that-s-what-buddhism-has-been-trying-to-unravel-the-mechanism-of/)

[Matthieu Ricard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthieu-ricard/)

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> [“Remember that just so much are you adding to the pleasure or misery of other people’s days… Whether each day of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wagner/remember-that-just-so-much-are-you-adding-to-the-pleasure-or-misery/)

[David Wagner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wagner/)

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