--- title: "11 Reason Suffering Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 11 Reason Suffering quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Reason Suffering sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81d/bob-beckel-4887_he_trump-is-part-of-the-reason-you-are-suff_1871342.jpg" --- > [Trump is part of the reason you are suffering. Trump is the one playing on the not-so-level playing field where he wins…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-beckel/trump-is-part-of-the-reason-you-are-suffering-trump-is-the-one/) [Bob Beckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-beckel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81d/bob-beckel-4887_he_trump-is-part-of-the-reason-you-are-suff_1871342.jpg) > [The reason for our suffering is our resistance to the changes in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senora-roy/the-reason-for-our-suffering-is-our-resistance-to-the-changes-in-life/) [Senora Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/senora-roy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58a/senora-roy-422_change_the-reason-for-our-suffering-is-our-resi_841893.jpg) > [“We suffer for the simple reason that suffering is biologically useful. It is nature’s preferred agent for inspiring change.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-manson/we-suffer-for-the-simple-reason-that-suffering-is-biologically-useful/) [Mark Manson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-manson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b5/mark-manson-537_inspiring-change_we-suffer-for-the-simple-reason-that-suf_2291529.jpg) > [All of us suffer some injuries from experiences that seem to have no rhyme or reason. We cannot understand or explain them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-e-faust/all-of-us-suffer-some-injuries-from-experiences-that-seem-to-have-no/) [James E. Faust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-e-faust/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b26/james-e-faust-1274_cannot_all-of-us-suffer-some-injuries-from-expe_258831.png) > [“If you ask people who don’t believe in God why they don’t, the number one reason will be suffering. If you ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ortberg/if-you-ask-people-who-don-t-believe-in-god-why-they-don-t-the-number/) [John Ortberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ortberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/768/john-ortberg-932_believe-in-god_if-you-ask-people-who-don-t-believe-in-g_2569868.png) > [“There is nothing under the sun…nor under the moon, no entity of intellect, that does not have to believe something about itself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-rice/there-is-nothing-under-the-sun-nor-under-the-moon-no-entity-of/) [Anne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-rice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f92/anne-rice-238_intellect_there-is-nothing-under-the-sun-nor-under_707872.jpg) > [At some point, we have each said through our tears, Im suffering for a love thats not worth it. We suffer because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/at-some-point-we-have-each-said-through-our-tears-im-suffering-for-a/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a2/paulo-coelho-10_feels_at-some-point-we-have-each-said-through_30557.jpg) > [“At some point, we have each said through our tears, "I'm suffering for a love that's not worth it." We suffer because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/at-some-point-we-have-each-said-through-our-tears-i-m-suffering-for-a/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f6/paulo-coelho-10_acceptance_at-some-point-we-have-each-said-through_1236881.jpg) > [“All of us have had this experience. At some point, we have each said through our tears, “I’m suffering for a love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/all-of-us-have-had-this-experience-at-some-point-we-have-each-said/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea9/paulo-coelho-10_conquer-the-world_all-of-us-have-had-this-experience-at-so_15146.jpg) > [“Every poem, for me, begins with a question I don’t have the answer to, and here, in ‘Hypothesis,’ the question is whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tran/every-poem-for-me-begins-with-a-question-i-don-t-have-the-answer-to/) [Paul Tran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/paul-tran-268833_meaning_every-poem-for-me-begins-with-a-question_2427956.jpg) > [“We suffer for the simple reason that suffering is biologically useful. It is nature’s preferred agent for inspiring change. We have evolved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-manson/we-suffer-for-the-simple-reason-that-suffering-is-biologically-useful-2/) [Mark Manson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-manson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/mark-manson-537_human-evolution_we-suffer-for-the-simple-reason-that-suf_2454986.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reason-suffering/#itemlist", "name": "Reason Suffering Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Trump is part of the reason you are suffering. 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