Action Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.

— Epictetus

Trauma and pain and suffering can be the very thing that dislodges a person from themselves both in awful ways and larger ways that…

— Scott Derrickson

Suffering occurs when something is taken for what it's not , rather than for what it is.

— Suzanne Segal

Suffering is always the effect of wrong thought in some direction. It is an indication that the individual is out of harmony with himself,…

— James Allen

“Physical, emotional, and mental pain are inevitable in life. Suffering is another matter. Suffering is the personalization we bring to our difficulties. [We have…

— Judith Hanson Lasater

By all means attend to your duties. Action, in which you are not emotionally involved and which is beneficial and does not cause suffering…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

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

— Brad Warner

I think the function of suffering is to let me know that my perception is skewed; what I’m doing is judging natural events in…

— Hubert Selby, Jr

Suffering is due entirely to clinging or resisting. It is a sign of our unwillingness to move on, to flow with life

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

If you are in the habit of creating suffering for yourself, then you are probably creating suffering for others too

— Eckhart Tolle

Your suffering is something you choose. Experience it fully. Without it you will not achieve personal growth and higher consciousness.

— Ernie J Zelinski

Suffering only shows where you are attached. That is why, to those on the path, suffering is grace.

— Ram Dass