“I remember talking once on this subject to one of the most beautiful personalities I have ever known: a woman, whose sympathy… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Life itself is too painful to bear, Madeline had said. Sometimes, suffering feels like an escape.” — Michael Wallace Copy Share Image
“Buddhism, which does not center on a god, but rather on a human who said suffering arises from craving.” — FastReads Copy Share Image
“I would not dare Console you if I could. What can be said, Except that suffering is exact, but where Desire takes… — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
“Hakeem: A wise man once said that suffering produces perseverance, character; and character, hope. Andre: Since when did spouting masochism make one… — Booker T. Mattison Copy Share Image
“When I die I hope it may be said: 'Her suffering was black, but her books were read'.” — Shannon Alder Copy Share Image
“Thomas Aquinas said of suffering, as Aristotle had said of shame, that it was a thing not good in itself; but a… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“The Buddha said that suffering was caused by desire, we'd learned, and that the cessation of desire meant the cessation of suffering.… — John Green Copy Share Image