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Suffering Quotes by Nhat Hanh
- Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed to cultivating compassion and learning ways to protect the lives of people,…
- The essence of love and compassion is understanding, the ability to recognize the physical, material, and psychological suffering of others, to put ourselves "inside the…
- So if we love someone, we should train in being able to listen. By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of…
- Compassion is a mind that removes the suffering that is present in the other.
- You are me, and I am you. Isn't it obvious that we "inter-are"? You cultivate the flower in yourself, so that I will be beautiful.…
- You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
- I am committed to cultivating loving speech and deep listening in order to bring joy and happiness to others and relieve others of their suffering.
- The most important thing is that we need to be understood. We need someone to be able to listen to us and to understand us.…
- We have to understand in order to be of help. We all have pain, but we tend to suppress it, because we don't want it…
- Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening. You listen with…
- To reconcile conflicting parties, we must have the ability to understand the suffering of both sides. If we take sides, it is impossible to do…
- The therapist does not treat patients by simply giving them another set of beliefs. He or she tries to help them see which kinds of…
- The Noble Eight-Fold Path is the path of living in awareness. Mindfulness is the foundation. By practicing mindfulness, you can develop concentration, which enables you…
- Understanding and Love are not two separate things, but just one. To develop understanding, you have to practice looking at all living beings with the…
- We can help many people suffer less and realize a lot of happiness without being rich or influential. If love and compassion are in out…
- By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person.
- Survival means the survival of human kind as a whole, not just a part of it. If the South cannot survive, then the North is…
- It's like growing lotus flowers. You cannot grow lotus flowers on marble. You have to grow them on the mud. Without mud you cannot have…
- Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath. Breathe…
- A look filled with understanding, an accepting smile, a loving word, a meal shared in warmth and awareness are the things which create happiness in…
- When someone does not know how to handle his own suffering, one allows it to spill all over the people around him or her. When…
- We need to be aware of the suffering, but retain our clarity, calmness and strength so we can help transform the situation.
- A bodhisattva is someone who has compassion within himself or herself and who is able to make another person smile or help someone suffer less.…
- We must look deeply into the nature of our volition to see whether it is pushing us in the direction of liberation from suffering and…
- When you suffer, you can look deeply at your situation and find the many blessings that are already surrounding you. It is wonderful to sit…
More Suffering Quotes
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering. — Karen Armstrong
- When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because… — Chinua Achebe
- I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours… — David Attenborough
- If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe,… — Saint Augustine
- God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine
- God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. — Saint Augustine
- One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. — Jane Austen
- Pain is never permanent. — Teresa of Avila
- Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds. — Teresa of Avila