Our Own Suffering Quotes
- We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others. — W. Somerset Maugham
- The second noble truth states that we must discover why we are suffering. We must cultivate the courage to look deeply, with clarity and courage,… — Peter A. Levine
- In order to live fully we may need to look deeply at our own suffering and at the suffering of others. In the depths of… — Rachel Naomi Remen
- I knew that suffering did not enoble; it degraded. It made men selfish, petty and suspicious. It absorbed them in small things...it made them less… — W. Somerset Maugham
- Our efforts to disconnect ourselves from our own suffering end up disconnecting our suffering from God's suffering for us. The way out of our loss… — Henri Nouwen
- It's a rare and precious thing to be close to suffering because our society - in many ways - tells us that suffering is wrong.… — Sharon Salzberg
- Once we're able to see this world as an illusion and a phantasm, then we can see everything that happens to us as a dream,… — Fernando Pessoa
- In our concern for others, we worry less about ourselves. When we worry less about ourselves an experience of our own suffering is less intense.… — Dalai Lama
- Compassion allows us to use our own pain and the pain of others as a vehicle for connection. This is a delicate and profound path.… — Sharon Salzberg