Compassion Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley

“All were in sorrow, or had been, or soon would be. It was the nature of things. Though on the surface is seemed every…

— George Saunders

Our suffering is caused by holding on to how things might have been, should have been, could have been.

— Stephen Levine

There would be far less suffering in the world if human beings-God knows why they are made like this-did not use their imaginations so…

— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“Suffering was not a punishment from beyond or a malevolent infestation of the soul. Like the earth turning on its axis or energy passing…

— Joshua Wolf Shenk

The misery we inflict on sentient beings slackens our human evolution.

— Annie Besant

“Misery suffered did not justify misery to come.”

— Stephen King

The bliss of the Creator forever permeates all of creation, and it is only in the forgetting that misery exists.

— Doreen Virtue

Suffering, once accepted, loses its edge, for the terror of it lessens, and what remains is generally far more manageable than we had imagined.

— Lesley Hazleton

If suffering were an unavoidable part of our existence, we should try to alleviate it as far as possible in practical, earthly ways.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under…

— Albert Camus

Suffering of sentient beings is like decay; it fertilizes the growth of their souls.

— Anne Rice

All interesting, worthwhile humans suffered and struggled and overcame adversity of one sort or another. Pain is constructive. Misery can be useful. I believed…

— Kim Brooks