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title: "7 Suffering Planet Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Suffering Planet quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Suffering Planet sayings and thoughts."
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> [I know the world is mean, that there is so much suffering on the planet that none of us can imagine. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karolina-pliskova/i-know-the-world-is-mean-that-there-is-so-much-suffering-on-the/)

[Karolina Pliskova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karolina-pliskova/)

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> [I have an expression I say a lot: I'm in a hurry. There's suffering on this planet that is so easy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-katie/i-have-an-expression-i-say-a-lot-i-m-in-a-hurry-there-s-suffering-on/)

[Byron Katie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-katie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b3/byron-katie-553_break_i-have-an-expression-i-say-a-lot-i-m-in_293150.png)

> [“earth drama has any purpose at all, it is an indirect one: It creates more and more suffering on the planet, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/earth-drama-has-any-purpose-at-all-it-is-an-indirect-one-it-creates/)

[Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa6/eckhart-tolle-81_nature_earth-drama-has-any-purpose-at-all-it-is_1361673.jpg)

> [If we were to care about every person suffering on this planet, life would shut down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/if-we-were-to-care-about-every-person-suffering-on-this-planet-life/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/david-shore-29274_care_if-we-were-to-care-about-every-person-su_1423013.png)

> [Poverty - the greatest cause of human suffering on the planet - is itself exacerbated by conflict, competition for resources, injustice, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/poverty-the-greatest-cause-of-human-suffering-on-the-planet-is-itself/)

[Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c9/desmond-tutu-442_addresses_poverty-the-greatest-cause-of-human-suff_2058243.jpg)

> [Germany is a nation that created an enormous amount of suffering on the planet. The German people also themselves have suffered, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/germany-is-a-nation-that-created-an-enormous-amount-of-suffering-on/)

[Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d1/eckhart-tolle-81_amount_germany-is-a-nation-that-created-an-enor_2122159.jpg)

> [There is both joy and suffering on planet Earth because this beautiful world is a world of duality - a world of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhonda-byrne/there-is-both-joy-and-suffering-on-planet-earth-because-this/)

[Rhonda Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhonda-byrne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/109/rhonda-byrne-585_beautiful_there-is-both-joy-and-suffering-on-plane_2482959.jpg)

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