--- title: "9 Mental Anguish Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Mental Anguish quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Mental Anguish sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/stefan-molyneux-1819_anguish_mental-anguish-always-results-from-the-a_1420973.png" --- > [Mental anguish always results from the avoidance of legitimate suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/mental-anguish-always-results-from-the-avoidance-of-legitimate/) [Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/stefan-molyneux-1819_anguish_mental-anguish-always-results-from-the-a_1420973.png) > [Pray to God with tears in your eyes whenever you want illumination or find yourself faced with any doubt or difficulty. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarada-devi/pray-to-god-with-tears-in-your-eyes-whenever-you-want-illumination-or/) [Sarada Devi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarada-devi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/095/sarada-devi-11487_anguish_pray-to-god-with-tears-in-your-eyes-when_2962443.jpg) > [“All pain seemed to come with lots of blood, and lots of mental anguish, too. I already knew about that. Maybe that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-c-andrews/all-pain-seemed-to-come-with-lots-of-blood-and-lots-of-mental-anguish/) [V.C. Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-c-andrews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/522/v-c-andrews-2743_anguish_all-pain-seemed-to-come-with-lots-of-blo_1752195.jpg) > [I always found myself trying to cover the mental anguish and the torment and the abuse that I was dealing with. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tasha-smith/i-always-found-myself-trying-to-cover-the-mental-anguish-and-the/) [Tasha Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tasha-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/704/tasha-smith-28713_abuse_i-always-found-myself-trying-to-cover-th_3087817.jpg) > [I'm an ardent tennis player. I'm like an overenthusiastic child out there and I've damaged my back. It's not that it's crippling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ardal-o-hanlon/i-m-an-ardent-tennis-player-i-m-like-an-overenthusiastic-child-out/) [Ardal O'Hanlon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ardal-o-hanlon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2d/ardal-o-hanlon-8746_back_i-m-an-ardent-tennis-player-i-m-like-an_2927299.jpg) > [What kind of man would I have been if I had not been there to help her? I felt along with her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bronson/what-kind-of-man-would-i-have-been-if-i-had-not-been-there-to-help/) [Charles Bronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bronson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caa/charles-bronson-20394_along_what-kind-of-man-would-i-have-been-if-i_2055074.jpg) > [I felt along with her - not the physical pain, of course, but all her mental anguish. You can't be detached. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bronson/i-felt-along-with-her-not-the-physical-pain-of-course-but-all-her/) [Charles Bronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bronson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1a/charles-bronson-20394_along_i-felt-along-with-her-not-the-physical-p_1584373.jpg) > [No matter what you would like to believe, you have zero control over others. Realize this and you will free yourself from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senoraroy/no-matter-what-you-would-like-to-believe-you-have-zero-control-over/) [Senoraroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/senoraroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ae/senoraroy-77_free-yourself_no-matter-what-you-would-like-to-believe_648954.jpg) > [“I can hear myself whining again 'Why does God torture me?' - But anybody who's never had a delirium tremens even in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/i-can-hear-myself-whining-again-why-does-god-torture-me-but-anybody/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/jack-kerouac-182_alcoholism_i-can-hear-myself-whining-again-why-does_2718762.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mental-anguish/#itemlist", "name": "Mental Anguish Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Mental anguish always results from the avoidance of legitimate suffering.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stefan Molyneux" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/mental-anguish-always-results-from-the-avoidance-of-legitimate/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/stefan-molyneux-1819_anguish_mental-anguish-always-results-from-the-a_1420973.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/stefan-molyneux-1819_anguish_mental-anguish-always-results-from-the-a_1420973.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/stefan-molyneux-1819_anguish_mental-anguish-always-results-from-the-a_1420973.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Mental anguish always results from the avoidance of legitimate suffering.” — Stefan Molyneux", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Pray to God with tears in your eyes whenever you want illumination or find yourself faced with any doubt or difficulty. 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