--- title: "12 Suffering Feel Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Suffering Feel quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Suffering Feel sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/442/antonio-porchia-3066_feels_when-your-suffering-is-a-little-greater_1631334.png" --- > [When your suffering is a little greater than my suffering I feel that I am a little cruel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonio-porchia/when-your-suffering-is-a-little-greater-than-my-suffering-i-feel-that/) [Antonio Porchia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonio-porchia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/442/antonio-porchia-3066_feels_when-your-suffering-is-a-little-greater_1631334.png) > [You never really feel somebody's suffering. You only feel their death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-carney/you-never-really-feel-somebody-s-suffering-you-only-feel-their-death/) [Art Carney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-carney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/art-carney-64918_death_you-never-really-feel-somebody-s-sufferi_483898.png) > [In dealing with those who are undergoing great suffering, if you feel "burnout" setting in, if you feel demoralized and exhausted, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/in-dealing-with-those-who-are-undergoing-great-suffering-if-you-feel/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/669/dalai-lama-89_burnout_in-dealing-with-those-who-are-undergoing_2549945.jpg) > [“She may not belong to my life, nor my name, nor my fate, yet if her presence awakens poise within my chaos…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohmod-irfan-shah/she-may-not-belong-to-my-life-nor-my-name-nor-my-fate-yet-if-her/) [Mohmod Irfan Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohmod-irfan-shah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e9/mohmod-irfan-shah-264083_fate_she-may-not-belong-to-my-life-nor-my-nam_523368.jpg) > [As far as I am concerned, the greatest suffering is to feel alone, unwanted, unloved. The greatest suffering is also having no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/as-far-as-i-am-concerned-the-greatest-suffering-is-to-feel-alone/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/mother-teresa-196_concerned_as-far-as-i-am-concerned-the-greatest-su_2436021.jpg) > [“But it's hard to explain, Mitch. Now that I'm suffering, I feel closer to people who suffer than I ever did before..…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/but-it-s-hard-to-explain-mitch-now-that-i-m-suffering-i-feel-closer/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/962/mitch-albom-187_anguish_but-it-s-hard-to-explain-mitch-now-that_3109227.jpg) > [Now that I'm suffering, I feel closer to people who suffer more than I ever did before. The other night, on TV,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morrie-schwartz/now-that-i-m-suffering-i-feel-closer-to-people-who-suffer-more-than-i/) [Morrie Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morrie-schwartz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70f/morrie-schwartz-9885_anguish_now-that-i-m-suffering-i-feel-closer-to_3171584.png) > [Our Heavenly Father and our Savior, Jesus Christ, know us and love us. They know when we are in pain or suffering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-s-reeves/our-heavenly-father-and-our-savior-jesus-christ-know-us-and-love-us/) [Linda S. Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-s-reeves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/linda-s-reeves-51568_and-love_our-heavenly-father-and-our-savior-jesus_2851977.jpg) > [“See confusion as confusion. Acknowledge suffering as suffering. Feel pain and sorrow and divisiveness. Experience anger or fear or shock for what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/see-confusion-as-confusion-acknowledge-suffering-as-suffering-feel/) [Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d8/steve-hagen-18377_pain_see-confusion-as-confusion-acknowledge-s_1214551.jpg) > [When I read stories of suffering, I still feel something. It seems inhuman not to. At the same time, I'm more aware…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-brooks/when-i-read-stories-of-suffering-i-still-feel-something-it-seems/) [Kim Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13f/kim-brooks-10671_action_when-i-read-stories-of-suffering-i-still_1291156.jpg) > [We are a feelingless people. If we could really feel, the pain would be so great that we would stop all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-beck/we-are-a-feelingless-people-if-we-could-really-feel-the-pain-would-be-2/) [Julian Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/julian-beck-51458_bowels_we-are-a-feelingless-people-if-we-could_1347084.jpg) > [I find it difficult to feel responsible for the suffering of others. That's why I find war so hard to bear. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-find-it-difficult-to-feel-responsible-for-the-suffering-of-others/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/125/alice-walker-347_animal_i-find-it-difficult-to-feel-responsible_2223705.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/suffering-feel/#itemlist", "name": "Suffering Feel Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When your suffering is a little greater than my suffering I feel that I am a little cruel.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Antonio Porchia" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonio-porchia/when-your-suffering-is-a-little-greater-than-my-suffering-i-feel-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/442/antonio-porchia-3066_feels_when-your-suffering-is-a-little-greater_1631334.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/442/antonio-porchia-3066_feels_when-your-suffering-is-a-little-greater_1631334.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/442/antonio-porchia-3066_feels_when-your-suffering-is-a-little-greater_1631334.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When your suffering is a little greater than my suffering I feel that I am a little cruel.” — Antonio Porchia", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You never really feel somebody's suffering. 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Feel pain and sorrow and divisiveness. Experience anger or fear or shock for what they are. But you don't have to think of them as evil - as intrinsically bad, as needing to be destroyed or driven from our midst. On the contrary, they need to be absorbed, healed, made whole. (15)”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steve Hagen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/see-confusion-as-confusion-acknowledge-suffering-as-suffering-feel/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d8/steve-hagen-18377_pain_see-confusion-as-confusion-acknowledge-s_1214551.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d8/steve-hagen-18377_pain_see-confusion-as-confusion-acknowledge-s_1214551.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d8/steve-hagen-18377_pain_see-confusion-as-confusion-acknowledge-s_1214551.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“See confusion as confusion. Acknowledge suffering as suffering. 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