The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
And, indeed, I will ask on my own account here, an idle question: which is better - cheap happiness or exalted sufferings?… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I'm now asking an idle question of my own: which is better--cheap happiness, or lofty suffering? Well, which is better?” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
Some of your griefs you have cured, And the sharpest you still have survived, But what torments of grief you've endured From… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Consolation indiscreetly pressed upon us, when we are suffering undue affliction, only serves to increase our pain, and to render our grief… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“All the happiness there is in this world comes from thinking about others, and all the suffering comes from preoccupation with yourself.” — Shantideva Copy Share Image
Tap into what you don't want to say. Tap into that secret place, despite the agony, despite the personal pain, over and… — Arthur Penn Copy Share Image
The fear of life, the fear of burdens and of duties, of annoyances and of catastrophes! The fear of life, which makes… — Emile Zola Copy Share Image
“Is it a war we are fighting, a war against health, against life and love? My condition is a torn condition. Every… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
The question is absurd: when you ask, 'If God is both all good and all powerful, why then does He allow suffering?',… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
Hereditary monarchy offers numerous advantages for America. It is the only form of government able to unify a heterogeneous people. Thanks to… — Florence King Copy Share Image
Pregnant women who are at risk for suffering complications and even death are in the prime of their lives. The most affected… — Robin Lim Copy Share Image
“The temptation is to make an idol of our own experience, to assume our pain is more singular than it is. Experience… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
Because people are ever willing to believe the negative over the positive. It’s easier for you to think me corrupt and evil… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
The early Christians rejoiced when they were deemed worthy to suffer for what they believed. In those days the Church was not… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
God always seems bigger to those who need him most. And suffering is the tool he uses to help us need him… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
People are really suffering these days. There's a lot of corporate triumph and a lot of personal despair as they wonder what… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
“I can sympathize with people's pains, but not with their pleasure. There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.” — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I had to learn how to become a real actor, I had to suffer and be rejected and face that 100 times… — Donnie Wahlberg Copy Share Image
“One who does evil is tormented in this life, Tormented in the next, Is tormented in both worlds. Here he is tormented,… — Gil Fronsdal Copy Share Image
“Do not protect weakness, just know that this is my weaknesses. So then weaknesses will exhaust. Protecting weaknesses causes them to multiply.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
The moment you say, 'I want to do a role,' the story suffers. I don't set priorities in terms of roles or… — Boman Irani Copy Share Image
Suffering is partly destined and hence inevitable , but it is mainly self-afflicted and hence avoidable. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
In my heart, I know that Jesus would never condone the suffering that results when dogs and cats are allowed to breed. — Joanna Krupa Copy Share Image
Revolutions in Prussia are started by kings, and since it is a revolution, it is better to start it ourselves than to… — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to… — Brigitte Bardot Copy Share Image
When you love someone, you want to share everything with him or her. So it is your duty to say, "I suffer… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
As I'm sure you know by now, most people aren't really very happy. Beyond their surface appearances, the smiles they wear for… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“How blissful it is, for one who has nothing. Attainers-of-wisdom are people with nothing. See him suffering, one who has something, a… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“This is not real suffering, she tells herself. this is only a matter of reprogramming her picture of the future. Of understanding… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
“Endure every difficulty and hardship with a dilated heart, attract spirit and eloquent tongue, in remembrance of the merciful.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There was pain and then there was agony. Hello, agony. I’d been waiting for you. Finish me off. Please.” — Karina Halle Copy Share Image
It's nice to be happy. But the meaning of life is meaning - what's the impact you're having on the world. Suffering… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
“The suffering that started off challenging our being and our ideas of what life is and should be ends up opening our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Do you ever dangle your toes over the precipice, dare the cliff to crumble, defy the frozen deity to suffer the sun,… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
The belief that you have no choice but to keep suffering through whatever frightens you is like believing you have to hold… — Guy Finley Copy Share Image
Nirvana is the center of things; then there are the outer bandings of attention. The universe is a mind. At the center… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The avoidance of suffering is a form of suffering. The avoidance of struggle is a struggle. The denial of failure is a… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
