Suffering Quotes

6116 Suffering quotes by 2923 unique authors

Human beings, each one, right through the world, go through great agonies, the more sensitive, the more alert, the more observant, the greater the suffering,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
From these prejudices there arises conflict, transient joys and suffering. But we are unconscious of this, unconscious that we are slaves to certain forms of… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
You never really feel somebody's suffering. You only feel their death. — Art Carney
Since the death instinct exists in the heart of everything that lives, since we suffer from trying to repress it, since everything that lives longs… — Eugene Ionesco
At every moment in our lives we need compassion, but what more urgent moment could there be than when we are dying? What more wonderful… — Sogyal Rinpoche
For most of us, karma and negative emotions obscure the ability to see our own intrinsic nature, and the nature of reality. As a result… — Sogyal Rinpoche
The neglect this implied, the suffering and wasted quality of human life were appalling. — Fred Hollows
The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia's history by righting the wrongs of the past and so… — Kevin Rudd
When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot. — Dalai Lama
Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a new born child? — Caroline Norton
Nuclear terrorism is one of the most serious threats of our time. Even one such attack could inflict mass casualties and create immense suffering and… — Ban Ki-moon
Boredom is the inner conflict we suffer when we lose desire, when we lack a lacking. — Robert McKee
One in three women may suffer from abuse and violence in her lifetime. This is an appalling human rights violation, yet it remains one of… — Nicole Kidman
But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later. — Lydia M. Child
It would be a godsend if the Church would suffer persecution today; she hasn't suffered it for hundreds of years. She is growing rich and… — Billy Sunday
Suffering is overated. — Bill Veeck
If a being suffers there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter what the nature of the… — Peter Singer
Pain is pain, and the importance of preventing unnecessary pain and suffering does not diminish because the being that suffers is not a member of… — Peter Singer
There is no such thing as good and bad in an absolute sense. There is only the good and bad- the harm in terms of… — Matthieu Ricard
My own view, which does not rely solely on religious faith or even on an original idea, but rather on ordinary common sense, is that… — Dalai Lama
If we suffer ourselves to be frightened from our post by mere lying, surely the enemy will use that weapon; for what one so cheap… — Thomas Jefferson
A man must learn to understand the motives of human beings, their illusions, and their sufferings. — Albert Einstein
I can't go on flying apart just for those who want the benefit of a few verbal kicks. My God, do you know what poems… — Theodore Roethke
If everything is happy go-lucky all the time, you don't know when you're experiencing joy and feeling life at its finest moments. You have to… — Corey Taylor
And all this madness, all this rage, all this flaming death of our civilization and our hopes, has been brought about because a set of… — Bertrand Russell

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