Bereavement Quote by Anne Lamott

[S]he believed that the Buddhists were rightthat if you want, you will suffer; if you love, you will grieve.

— â Anne Lamott

“The first noble truth of Buddhism is that all life involves suffering.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

“Buddhism, which does not center on a god, but rather on a human who said suffering arises from craving.”

— FastReads

“I was gripped by the misery of life as Buddha was in his youth when he saw sickness, old age, pain and death. The…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“the four sacred and wonderful truths of Buddhism. The Four Noble Truths are: first, there is suffering; second, there is a path or a…

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

“Among the most fundamental Buddhist teachings are the four noble truths: Life leads to suffering and pain in one way or another; Our suffering…

— Albert Williams

“Buddhism is not a religion, but rather a way to finding happiness.”

— His Eminence Gyalwa Dokhampa

“The Buddha said that suffering was caused by desire, we'd learned, and that the cessation of desire meant the cessation of suffering. When you…

— John Green

“Suffering led the Buddha to enlightenment, and it may cause us, against our will, to grow in compassion, awareness, and possibly eventually peace.”

— Huston Smith

“As the Supreme Buddha once said, “The root of suffering is attachment.”

— Dominique Francon

The first noble truth of the Buddha is that when we feel suffering, it doesn’t mean that something is wrong. What a relief.

— Pema Chodron

“16. The Beatitude of Zen. We are far from denying, as already shown in the foregoing chapters, the existence of troubles, pains, diseases, sorrows,…

— Kaiten Nukariya