--- title: "12 Suffering True Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Suffering True quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Suffering True sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11c/brent-weeks-1256_strength_in-suffering-we-find-the-true-measure-of_19750.png" --- > [“In suffering, we find the true measure of our strength.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-weeks/in-suffering-we-find-the-true-measure-of-our-strength/) [Brent Weeks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-weeks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11c/brent-weeks-1256_strength_in-suffering-we-find-the-true-measure-of_19750.png) > [Suffering is the true cement of love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-sabatier/suffering-is-the-true-cement-of-love/) [Paul Sabatier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-sabatier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f2/paul-sabatier-75893_love_suffering-is-the-true-cement-of-love-854_85410.jpg) > [Only within our body, with its heart and mind, can bondage and suffering be found, and only here can we find true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/only-within-our-body-with-its-heart-and-mind-can-bondage-and/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/gautama-buddha-163_body_only-within-our-body-with-its-heart-and_1697808.jpg) > [“In what he suffered, as in all true suffering and in true joy, there was the quality of eternity. He could not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-goudge/in-what-he-suffered-as-in-all-true-suffering-and-in-true-joy-there/) [Elizabeth Goudge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-goudge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/elizabeth-goudge-2888_eternity_in-what-he-suffered-as-in-all-true-suffe_1182478.png) > [“Maybe the Buddha was right: pain and suffering are the only true constants in life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dermot-davis/maybe-the-buddha-was-right-pain-and-suffering-are-the-only-true/) [Dermot Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dermot-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/880/dermot-davis-36563_dating_maybe-the-buddha-was-right-pain-and-suff_187797.jpg) > [Every spiritual teaching points to the possibility of the end of suffering - Now. It is true that most teachers have had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/every-spiritual-teaching-points-to-the-possibility-of-the-end-of/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63f/eckhart-tolle-81_dark_every-spiritual-teaching-points-to-the-p_1191165.jpg) > [“True spirituality makes you loving and grateful, and forgiving, and patient, and gentle, and long-suffering. True spirituality breathes reverence into every act…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-pay-hinckley/true-spirituality-makes-you-loving-and-grateful-and-forgiving-and/) [Marjorie Pay Hinckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-pay-hinckley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f2/marjorie-pay-hinckley-18645_religion_true-spirituality-makes-you-loving-and-g_476162.jpg) > [There is nothing noble about suffering except the love and forgiveness with which we meet it. Many believe that if they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-levine/there-is-nothing-noble-about-suffering-except-the-love-and/) [Stephen Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-levine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/stephen-levine-6949_being-true_there-is-nothing-noble-about-suffering-e_739509.png) > [I still believe that capitalism is too harsh and I believe that, even within that, there is a lot of satisfaction and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-still-believe-that-capitalism-is-too-harsh-and-i-believe-that-even/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ea/george-saunders-317_beauty_i-still-believe-that-capitalism-is-too-h_1958529.jpg) > [“This part of the story shows something of the suffering of a true prophet. It is true that the greater the suffering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-t-kendall/this-part-of-the-story-shows-something-of-the-suffering-of-a-true/) [R. T. Kendall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-t-kendall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/083/r-t-kendall-13305_suffering_this-part-of-the-story-shows-something-o_20565.jpg) > [“Recovery does not refer to an absence of pain or struggle. Rather, recovery is marked by the transition from anguish to suffering.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-e-deegan/recovery-does-not-refer-to-an-absence-of-pain-or-struggle-rather/) [Patricia E. Deegan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-e-deegan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/patricia-e-deegan-92666_healing_recovery-does-not-refer-to-an-absence-of_270707.jpg) > [“Adversity, illness, and death are real and inevitable. We chose whether to add to these unavoidable facts of life with the suffering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-xiv/adversity-illness-and-death-are-real-and-inevitable-we-chose-whether/) [Dalai Lama XIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-xiv/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08d/dalai-lama-xiv-1700_death_adversity-illness-and-death-are-real-and_2861781.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/suffering-true/#itemlist", "name": "Suffering True Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In suffering, we find the true measure of our strength.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brent Weeks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-weeks/in-suffering-we-find-the-true-measure-of-our-strength/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11c/brent-weeks-1256_strength_in-suffering-we-find-the-true-measure-of_19750.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11c/brent-weeks-1256_strength_in-suffering-we-find-the-true-measure-of_19750.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11c/brent-weeks-1256_strength_in-suffering-we-find-the-true-measure-of_19750.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In suffering, we find the true measure of our strength.” — Brent Weeks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Suffering is the true cement of love", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Sabatier" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-sabatier/suffering-is-the-true-cement-of-love/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f2/paul-sabatier-75893_love_suffering-is-the-true-cement-of-love-854_85410.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f2/paul-sabatier-75893_love_suffering-is-the-true-cement-of-love-854_85410.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f2/paul-sabatier-75893_love_suffering-is-the-true-cement-of-love-854_85410.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Suffering is the true cement of love” — Paul Sabatier", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Only within our body, with its heart and mind, can bondage and suffering be found, and only here can we find true liberation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gautama Buddha" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/only-within-our-body-with-its-heart-and-mind-can-bondage-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/gautama-buddha-163_body_only-within-our-body-with-its-heart-and_1697808.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/gautama-buddha-163_body_only-within-our-body-with-its-heart-and_1697808.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/gautama-buddha-163_body_only-within-our-body-with-its-heart-and_1697808.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Only within our body, with its heart and mind, can bondage and suffering be found, and only here can we find…” — Gautama Buddha", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In what he suffered, as in all true suffering and in true joy, there was the quality of eternity. 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