Suffering Quote by John Green

“...I've come to learn that pain is inevitable in this world, but suffering is optional.”

— Helen Klein Ross

“pain is inevitable but suffering is optional.”

— Rick Hanson

“We do not handle suffering. Suffering handles us.”

— Richard Rohr

“You never have to suffer because of, or be denatured by, another person, even someone you love.”

— Rossana Condoleo

“So many people suffer because they choose to suffer. Pain comes to us all, but suffering is a choice.”

— E.J. Squires

“If it were necessary either to do wrong or to suffer it, I should choose to suffer rather than do it.”

— Plato

“The more you want the more you suffer. If you want everything you must suffer everything.”

— Fay Weldon

“It will not suffer if it doesn’t get what it wants.”

— Jaron Lanier

“We can't prevent suffering. This pain and that pain, yes, but not Pain.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Many people are unable to get rid of their pain completely because they haven't confronted themselves about their suffering.”

— Catherine Carrigan

“If you don't accept and respect your suffering, it isn't going anywhere.”

— Bryant McGill

“There am I. I cannot leave. I have nothing to complain about. I do not suffer excessively, for I do not suffer consistently, it…

— Franz Kafka