Bears Quote by Albion Fellows Bacon

If we see suffering then we don't have suffering.

— Ajahn Chah

If suffering were an unavoidable part of our existence, we should try to alleviate it as far as possible in practical, earthly ways.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

It's a rare and precious thing to be close to suffering because our society - in many ways - tells us that suffering is…

— Sharon Salzberg

It takes an unusually philosophic mind to accept that all one’s suffering might be to no end, really, in the larger scheme of things.

— Anonymous

Suffering can serve us. Suffering tests our trust in God's promises. And we have a great interest in knowing the truth about our trust…

— Mark Dever

Whether you are religious or nonreligious, may you find solace in the knowledge that the suffering is ours, but that those we love suffer…

— Susan Jacoby

Suffering is there because there's something we're not understanding about our full divinity, and there are so many ways we could go into understanding.

— Maya Tiwari

But we must not suffer over the suffering.

— Alan Watts

In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away.

— Sharon Salzberg

The great question in life is the suffering we cause.

— Anonymous

There must, whether the gods see it or not, be something great in the mortal soul. For suffering, it seems, is infinite, and our…

— Anonymous

Not all or even most suffering is at the hands of fate; it befalls us at our invitation.

— Dean Koontz