Adversity Quote by Antonio Porchia

“Suffering is above, not below. And everyone thinks that suffering is below. And everyone wants to rise. —Antonio Porchia”

— David James Duncan

All people believe their suffering is greater than others.

— Erica Jong

Suffering is an illusion.

— Gautama Buddha

Suffering is not increased by numbers; one body can contain all the suffering the world can feel.

— Graham Greene

I think there is no suffering greater than what is caused by the doubts of those who want to believe.

— Flannery O'Connor

The amount of suffering I've seen is beyond belief. The amount of inequality is beyond belief.

— David Hogg

“‎Comparing is empoverishing our own experience. There is meaning to our suffering, if we rise above it.”

— Paulo Coelho

Suffering is everywhere. Don't ever think it isn't. So are miracles. Don't ever think they aren't.

— Jewel

Suffering is getting what you do not want while wanting what you do not get.

— J. I. Packer

Suffering occurs when your ideas about how things ought to be don't match how they really are.

— Brad Warner

All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.

— Helen Keller

Suffering in life can uncover untold depths of character and unknown strength for service. People who go through life unscathed by sorrow and untouched…

— Billy Graham