--- title: "9 Matter Suffering Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 9 Matter Suffering quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Matter Suffering sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/haruki-murakami-21_letting-go_no-matter-how-much-suffering-you-went-th_526388.jpg" --- > [No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/no-matter-how-much-suffering-you-went-through-you-never-wanted-to-let/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/haruki-murakami-21_letting-go_no-matter-how-much-suffering-you-went-th_526388.jpg) > [Demon or not, it didn't matter, suffering was everywhere he looked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brom/demon-or-not-it-didn-t-matter-suffering-was-everywhere-he-looked/) [Brom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/167/brom-9075_demon_demon-or-not-it-didn-t-matter-suffering_863656.jpg) > [“Physical, emotional, and mental pain are inevitable in life. Suffering is another matter. Suffering is the personalization we bring to our difficulties.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-hanson-lasater/physical-emotional-and-mental-pain-are-inevitable-in-life-suffering/) [Judith Hanson Lasater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-hanson-lasater/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/judith-hanson-lasater-12396_life_physical-emotional-and-mental-pain-are-i_1708784.jpg) > [“Thus suffering completely fills the human soul and conscious mind, no matter whether the suffering is great or little. Therefore the 'size'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-e-frankl/thus-suffering-completely-fills-the-human-soul-and-conscious-mind-no/) [Viktor E. Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-e-frankl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/089/viktor-e-frankl-668_conscious-mind_thus-suffering-completely-fills-the-huma_1935039.jpg) > [To draw an analogy: a man's suffering is similar to the behavior of a gas. If a certain quantity of gas is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/to-draw-an-analogy-a-man-s-suffering-is-similar-to-the-behavior-of-a/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fc/anonymous-1_analogies_to-draw-an-analogy-a-man-s-suffering-is_820231.jpg) > [“a man’s suffering is similar to the behavior of gas. If a certain quantity of gas is pumped into an empty chamber,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-e-frankl/a-man-s-suffering-is-similar-to-the-behavior-of-gas-if-a-certain/) [Viktor E. Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-e-frankl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d4/viktor-e-frankl-668_conscious-mind_a-man-s-suffering-is-similar-to-the-beha_885007.jpg) > [“a man’s suffering is similar to the behavior of gas. If a certain quantity of gas is pumped into an empty chamber,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-e-frankl/a-man-s-suffering-is-similar-to-the-behavior-of-gas-if-a-certain-2/) [Viktor E. Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-e-frankl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e39/viktor-e-frankl-668_conscious-mind_a-man-s-suffering-is-similar-to-the-beha_1034296.jpg) > [“The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-e-frankl/the-attempt-to-develop-a-sense-of-humor-and-to-see-things-in-a/) [Viktor E. Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-e-frankl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f8/viktor-e-frankl-668_art_the-attempt-to-develop-a-sense-of-humor_655861.jpg) > [“At every new torment which is too hard to bear we feel yet another vein protrude, to unroll its sinuous and deadly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-proust/at-every-new-torment-which-is-too-hard-to-bear-we-feel-yet-another/) [Marcel Proust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-proust/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de5/marcel-proust-114_death_at-every-new-torment-which-is-too-hard-t_1967147.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/matter-suffering/#itemlist", "name": "Matter Suffering Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/no-matter-how-much-suffering-you-went-through-you-never-wanted-to-let/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/haruki-murakami-21_letting-go_no-matter-how-much-suffering-you-went-th_526388.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/haruki-murakami-21_letting-go_no-matter-how-much-suffering-you-went-th_526388.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/haruki-murakami-21_letting-go_no-matter-how-much-suffering-you-went-th_526388.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Demon or not, it didn't matter, suffering was everywhere he looked.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brom" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brom/demon-or-not-it-didn-t-matter-suffering-was-everywhere-he-looked/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/167/brom-9075_demon_demon-or-not-it-didn-t-matter-suffering_863656.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/167/brom-9075_demon_demon-or-not-it-didn-t-matter-suffering_863656.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/167/brom-9075_demon_demon-or-not-it-didn-t-matter-suffering_863656.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Demon or not, it didn't matter, suffering was everywhere he looked.” — Brom", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Physical, emotional, and mental pain are inevitable in life. 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But since strength of one kind can change into a strength of another kind, since heat which is stored up can become light and the electricity in a flash of lightning can cause a photograph to be taken, since the dull pain in our heart can hoist above itself like a banner the visible permanence of an image for every new grief, let us accept the physical injury which is done to us for the sake of the spiritual knowledge which grief brings; let us submit to the disintegration of our body, since each new fragment which breaks away from it returns in a luminous and significant form to add itself to our work, to complete it at the price of sufferings of which others more richly endowed have no need, to make our work at least more solid as our life crumbles away beneath the corrosive action of our emotions.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marcel Proust" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-proust/at-every-new-torment-which-is-too-hard-to-bear-we-feel-yet-another/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de5/marcel-proust-114_death_at-every-new-torment-which-is-too-hard-t_1967147.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de5/marcel-proust-114_death_at-every-new-torment-which-is-too-hard-t_1967147.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de5/marcel-proust-114_death_at-every-new-torment-which-is-too-hard-t_1967147.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“At every new torment which is too hard to bear we feel yet another vein protrude, to unroll its sinuous and…” — Marcel Proust", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/matter-suffering/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/matter-suffering/", "name": "Matter Suffering Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/matter-suffering/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/haruki-murakami-21_letting-go_no-matter-how-much-suffering-you-went-th_526388.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 9 Matter Suffering quotes by 6 authors. 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