Existentialism Quote by John Green

“the problem is not suffering itself or oblivion itself but the depraved meaninglessness of these things, the absolutely inhuman nihilism of suffering.. what we…

— John Green

There is no alleviation for the sufferings of mankind except veracity of thought and of action, and the resolute facing of the world as…

— Thomas Huxley

There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering--a hell of boredom.

— Victor Hugo

The cause of suffering is that the unbounded Self is overshadowed by the world.

— Patanjali

All suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction.

— Anonymous

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 is the lot of man to suffer; it is also his fortune to forget. Oblivion and sorrow share our being, as darkness and…

— Benjamin Disraeli

The appearances of the world are not the problem, it's clinging to them that causes suffering

— Tilopa

As a religious problem, the problem of suffering is, paradoxically, not how to avoid suffering but how to suffer, how to make of physical…

— Clifford Geertz

The world is full of suffering. Birth is suffering, decre- pitude is suffering, sickness and death are sufferings. To face a man of hatred…

— Gautama Buddha

It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem.

— Byron Katie