Suffering Quotes

6116 Suffering quotes by 2923 unique authors

One interesting thing about greed is that although the underlying motive is to seek satisfaction, the irony is that even after obtaining the object of… — Dalai Lama
Mind precedes all phenomena, mind matters most, everything is mind-made. If with an impure mind, you speak or act, then suffering follows you as the… — Gautama Buddha
I say that trials and tests locate a person. In other words they determine where you are spiritually. They reveal the true condition of your… — John Bevere
Most people are far more prone to let the bad experiences shape their views than the good ones. — Rick Joyner
I teach about suffering and the way to end it — Gautama Buddha
Pure suffering has a consciousness, a tongue, a heart all its own and even the memory of it is but a pale unreality when compared… — Mike Mason
When you suffer, don't speak. Look inside and listen for the duaa He inspires in you. and then ask Him. Again and again. Don't stop. — Yasmin Mogahed
Let us not esteem worldly prosperity or adversity as things real or of any moment, but let us live elsewhere, and raise all our attention… — Gregory of Nazianzus
Let us become like Christ, since Christ became like us. He assumed the worse that He might give us the better; He became poor that… — Gregory of Nazianzus
There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us. — Teresa of Avila
Now do I begin to be a disciple of Christ, and care for nothing in this world, that so I may find Jesus. Let fire,… — Ignatius of Antioch
Let us consider what the glorious Virgin endured, and what the holy apostles suffered, and we shall find that they who were nearest to Jesus… — Teresa of Avila
O, my Jesus, I understand well that, just as illness is measured with a thermometer and a high fever tells us of the seriousness of… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
I thank God for this illness and these physical discomforts, because I have the time to converse with the Lord Jesus. — Mary Faustina Kowalska
Count no mortal fortunate till he has departed this life free from pain. — Sophocles
The holy man is beyond time, he does not depend on any view nor subscribe to any sect; all current theories he understands, but he… — Gautama Buddha
Your suffering is my suffering and your happiness is my happiness. — Gautama Buddha
Do not think lightly of good, that nothing will come of it. A whole water pot will fill up from dripping drops of water. — Gautama Buddha
As solid rock remains unmoved by the wind, so the wise remain unmoved by blame and praise. — Gautama Buddha
To stop suffering, stop greediness. Greediness is a source of suffering. — Gautama Buddha
Silence is an empty space, space is the home of the awakened mind. — Gautama Buddha
What's done to the children is done to society. — Gautama Buddha
Thoughtfulness is the way to deathlessness, thoughtlessness the way to death. The thoughtful do not die: the thoughtless are as if dead already. — Gautama Buddha
When we come close to those things that break us down, we touch those things that also break us open. And in that breaking open,… — Wayne Muller
One must choose in life between boredom and suffering. — Madame de Stael

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