Bases Quote by Milan Kundera

“ I think, therefore I am is the statement of an intellectual who underrates toothaches. I feel, therefore I am is a truth much…

— Milan Kundera

A self - a me - exists in every thought and every emotion. Suffering arises through complete identification with thinking and emotions.

— Eckhart Tolle

Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.

— Dalai Lama

The main cause of suffering is egoistic desire for one's own comfort and happiness.

— Dalai Lama

“Suffering builds character and impels you to penetrate life’s secrets. It’s the path of great artists, great religious leaders, great social reformers. The problem…

— Kay Larson

Every uncomfortable feeling, every pain, every moment of stress & suffering is for your own self-realizatio n.

— Byron Katie

“People often ask: If there’s a God, how can He allow so much suffering in the world? Realize all world suffering you perceive is…

— Alexandra Katehakis

“When we are in constant pain, we cannot empathize with others, nor can we help them. It is only when we allow ourselves to…

— Vironika Tugaleva

Suffering has a noble purpose: the evolution of consciousness and the burning up of the ego.

— Eckhart Tolle

“In this world, all qualities spring from preferring the wellbeing of others to our own, whereas frustrations, confusion, and pain result from selfish attitudes.…

— Dalai Lama XIV

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

— Miguel de Unamuno

All our suffering is associated with this pre-occupation. All loss and gain, pleasure and pain arise because we identify so closely with this vague…

— Francisco Varela