Demand Quote by Sam Harris

When there is suffering, we look for a reason. That reason is easiest found within oneself.

— Clare Vanderpool

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

— Byron Katie

Reason has to be strengthened by suffering, and suffering opens the eyes of understanding.

— Mahatma Gandhi

A lot of mental suffering is caused by unrealistic conclusions we jump to. Use logic and reason to create a conclusion that brings relief.

— Anonymous

The problem of suffering is: why is there the suffering we know?

— Walter Kaufmann

“human desires are the main cause of suffering”

— Siddhattha Gotama Buddha

I believe that love is the main cause of all human suffering

— Aruho Marwin Machiaveli

“Human suffering is caused mainly by ideas, emotions, and thoughts which are the handiwork of the human itself.”

— Shai Tubali

“We humans have a lamentable tendency to spend more time theorizing the reasons behind human suffering, than working to alleviate human suffering.”

— Terryl L. Givens

The role of the human brain was to rationalize suffering.

— Maile Meloy

Man never reasons so much and becomes so introspective as when he suffers; since he is anxious to get at the cause of his…

— Luigi Pirandello

The great question in life is the suffering we cause.

— Anonymous