Abstract Quote by Dale Jamieson

The more people anticipate the elimination of suffering the less strength they have actually to oppose it. Whoever deals with his personal suffering only…

— Dorothee Solle

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

— Brad Warner

Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifference,…

— Honore de Balzac

What really raises one's indignation against suffering is not suffering intrinsically, but the senselessness of suffering

— Friedrich Nietzsche

It takes an unusually philosophic mind to accept that all one’s suffering might be to no end, really, in the larger scheme of things.

— Anonymous

... we can bear with great philosophy the sufferings of others, especially if we do not actually see them.

— Albion Fellows Bacon

pain is inevitable,suffering is optional... we have bigger houses,but smaller families. More conveniences,but less time. We have knowledge,but less judgements; more experts,but more problems…

— Dalai Lama

“Perhaps the greatest strike against philosophical pessimism is that its only theme is human suffering. This is the last item on the list of…

— Thomas Ligotti

“The point of the term “suffering-focused ethics” is ... not to be a novel or impressive contribution to ethical theorizing, but instead to serve…

— Magnus Vinding

What people believe is a measure of what they suffer.

— Peter De Vries

Suffering is basically the mind's refusal to accept reality as it is.

— Marcus Thomas

Suffering will always be apart of the human condition. You can neglect it, you can shut it down. But when things get out of…

— Jeremy Limn