Suffering Quote by David James Duncan

Suffering is above, not below. And everyone thinks that suffering is below. And everyone wants to rise.

— Antonio Porchia

“The cause of our suffering is not what we do, but the way we perceive.”

— Rodney Smith

“Suffering goes beyond pain. It resides in the mind. It results from how we interpret what happens to us, not from the situation itself.”

— Robert S. Rosenthal

“Suffering is intrinsic to human existence. There is no joy without its attendant pain.”

— Peter Ackroyd

“I believe that suffering is part of the narrative, and that nothing really good gets built when everything's easy. I believe that loss and…

— Shauna Niequist

“To you I speak with much hesitation about suffering. . . . But there is an introduction to suffering which comes with the birthpains…

— Thomas Kelly

“No one else’s suffering is ever as acute as your own,”

— Brian McClellan

"Great suffering has a silver-lining that we can be grateful for, because it builds up a human being and puts him or her within…

— Anwar Sadat

“Never consider another to be the cause of your suffering. Suffering is always the results of one’s own deeds or faults.”

— SWAMI SHARNANAND JI

“‎Comparing is empoverishing our own experience. There is meaning to our suffering, if we rise above it.”

— Paulo Coelho

“Suffering contains a hidden spiritual message. It exists until the message is heard.”

— Deepak Chopra

“Suffering introduces a man to his soul.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita