--- title: "11 Suffering Important Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Suffering Important quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Suffering Important sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/nhat-hanh-515_buddhism_looking-deeply-into-the-wrong-perception_1847597.png" --- > [Looking deeply into the wrong perceptions, ideas, and notions that are at the base of our suffering is the most important practice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/looking-deeply-into-the-wrong-perceptions-ideas-and-notions-that-are/) [Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nhat-hanh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/nhat-hanh-515_buddhism_looking-deeply-into-the-wrong-perception_1847597.png) > [Even a happy life has a sad day. We fail to provide a context which says it's okay to cry, it's okay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/even-a-happy-life-has-a-sad-day-we-fail-to-provide-a-context-which/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11f/marianne-williamson-90_community_even-a-happy-life-has-a-sad-day-we-fail_1819919.jpg) > [Our attitude towards suffering becomes very important because it can affect how we cope with suffering when it arises.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/our-attitude-towards-suffering-becomes-very-important-because-it-can/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd7/anonymous-1_arise_our-attitude-towards-suffering-becomes-v_1503045.jpg) > [“Suffering is important. It teaches so much in a little bit of time. In much wisdom there is much grief. And those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-wheeler/suffering-is-important-it-teaches-so-much-in-a-little-bit-of-time-in/) [Jeff Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-wheeler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/jeff-wheeler-3956_grief_suffering-is-important-it-teaches-so-muc_551892.jpg) > [We know from many forms of suffering that what is important first is a witness - people want to know that someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/we-know-from-many-forms-of-suffering-that-what-is-important-first-is/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/gloria-steinem-277_firsts_we-know-from-many-forms-of-suffering-tha_1295804.jpg) > [When we encounter suffering, it is important to respond w/ compassion rather than to question the politics of those we help.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/when-we-encounter-suffering-it-is-important-to-respond-w-compassion/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/dalai-lama-89_compassion_when-we-encounter-suffering-it-is-import_1477483.jpg) > [Men have been taught that their first concern is to relieve the suffering of others. ... To make that the highest test…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/men-have-been-taught-that-their-first-concern-is-to-relieve-the/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/165/ayn-rand-59_altruism_men-have-been-taught-that-their-first-co_1320177.jpg) > [I didn't appreciate the young woman that I was, or my young beauty, because I was so obsessed with the fact that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-didn-t-appreciate-the-young-woman-that-i-was-or-my-young-beauty/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cf/margaret-cho-1136_add_i-didn-t-appreciate-the-young-woman-that_1841916.png) > [Modern culture is in so much trouble, where people don't have a deep inner life, or any deep experience of their true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rohr/modern-culture-is-in-so-much-trouble-where-people-don-t-have-a-deep/) [Richard Rohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rohr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/richard-rohr-618_away-from-you_modern-culture-is-in-so-much-trouble-whe_1484160.jpg) > [“Whether we're talking about fish species, pigs, or some other eaten animal, is such suffering the most important thing in the world?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/whether-we-re-talking-about-fish-species-pigs-or-some-other-eaten/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e41/jonathan-safran-foer-136_animal_whether-we-re-talking-about-fish-species_244281.png) > [The poor, you know, have a way of solving problems...they have a tremendous capacity for suffering. And so when you build a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/the-poor-you-know-have-a-way-of-solving-problems-they-have-a/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/cesar-chavez-2137_bits_the-poor-you-know-have-a-way-of-solving_2959242.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/suffering-important/#itemlist", "name": "Suffering Important Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Looking deeply into the wrong perceptions, ideas, and notions that are at the base of our suffering is the most important practice in Buddhist meditation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nhat Hanh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/looking-deeply-into-the-wrong-perceptions-ideas-and-notions-that-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/nhat-hanh-515_buddhism_looking-deeply-into-the-wrong-perception_1847597.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/nhat-hanh-515_buddhism_looking-deeply-into-the-wrong-perception_1847597.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/nhat-hanh-515_buddhism_looking-deeply-into-the-wrong-perception_1847597.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Looking deeply into the wrong perceptions, ideas, and notions that are at the base of our suffering is the…” — Nhat Hanh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Even a happy life has a sad day. 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And so when you build a vehicle to get something done, as we've done here in the strike and the boycott, then they continue to suffer - and maybe a little bit more - but the suffering becomes less important because they see a chance of progress; sometimes progress itself. They've been suffering all their live.s It's a question of suffering with some kind of hope now. 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