Causes Quote by Oswald Chambers

In a world of plenty, continued suffering is a terrible stain on our conscience. It is inexcusable that we not strive, with every resource…

— Kofi Annan

The reason for our suffering is our resistance to the changes in life.

— Senora Roy

What really raises one's indignation against suffering is not suffering intrinsically, but the senselessness of suffering

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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

— Patanjali

In Buddhism, ignorance as the root cause of suffering refers to a fundamental misperception of the true nature of the self and all phenomena.

— Dalai Lama

Those who are not aware of the real and limitless resources lying dormant within human life are deprived, and this self-deprivation is the cause…

— Senora Roy

If we're all living in ourselves and mistaking it for life, then we're devaluing and desensitizing life.

— Thandie Newton

The root of suffering is resisting the certainty that no matter what the circumstances, uncertainty is all we truly have.

— Pema Chodron

“There are millions of people who believe themselves “doomed” to poverty and failure, because of some strange force over which they believe they have…

— Napoleon Hill

To live with the terrible truths about ourselves is the only way of not living them out. A need denied has infinitely more power…

— Jo Coudert

Suffering is basically the mind's refusal to accept reality as it is.

— Marcus Thomas

The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.

— Ram Dass