Familiar Quote by Anonymous

As you look at many people's lives, you see that their suffering is in a way gratifying, for they are comfortable in it. They…

— Ram Dass

When someone does not know how to handle his own suffering, one allows it to spill all over the people around him or her.…

— Nhat Hanh

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar. Thich…

— Richard Carlson

“Forgetting what it’s like to suffer can be a good thing, since suffering can make people too cutthroat for society’s good. But suffering also…

— Ben Ryder Howe

The problem of suffering is: why is there the suffering we know?

— Walter Kaufmann

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's somehow more comforting to imagine that one's suffering is unique, and to measure against what one doesn't know, rather than against what one…

— Chris Ware

When people are really suffering, and we know they're suffering, that question can be a very difficult one. Inadvertently, I think without anyone meaning…

— Sheryl Sandberg

There are sufferings that have lost their memory and do not remember why they are suffering.

— Antonio Porchia

So many people in the world would rather stay in a situation that's painful but familiar because they're comfortable with it. Not a lot…

— Corey Taylor

After all, what is suffering but an awareness of suffering?

— Nancy Farmer

Suffering is Never been desirable but it can teach me.

— Anonymous