Conditions Quote by Desmond Tutu

... suffering does not ennoble. It destroys. To resist destruction, self-hatred, or lifelong hopelessness, we have to throw off the conditioning of being despised,…

— Dorothy Allison

Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you.

— Henry Louis Gates

Suffering occurs when something is taken for what it's not , rather than for what it is.

— Suzanne Segal

Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality, for it is only suffering that makes us persons.

— Miguel de Unamuno

Suffering comes from not understanding or a full potential or full powers within ourselves to heal, to nurture, to nourish.

— Maya Tiwari

“Suffering comes to ennoble man, to purge his thoughts of pride and superficiality, to expand his horizons. In sum, the purpose of suffering is…

— Harold S. Kushner

Suffering is how Life tells you that you are resisting or misperceiving what is real and true. It is the way Life suggests that…

— Adyashanti

Suffering has always been with us; does it really matter in what form it comes? All that matters is how we bear it and…

— Etty Hillesum

Suffering is to the heart and soul as tears are to the eyes, cleansing and expelling toxicity from the inner system. When we do…

— Tian Dayton

Suffering can serve us. Suffering tests our trust in God's promises. And we have a great interest in knowing the truth about our trust…

— Mark Dever

Suffering can bend & break us. But it can also break us open to become the persons God intended us to be. It depends…

— John Green

Suffering is nature's way of indicating a mistaken attitude or way of behavior, and to the nonegocentric person every moment of suffering is the…

— Rollo May