Human suffering Quote by Shai Tubali

“human desires are the main cause of suffering”

— Siddhattha Gotama Buddha

“Suffering can precipitate creativity, liberating the creator through inspiration and then many available channels of human communication, and therefore there is value in suffering.”

— Brent Green

“The cause of our suffering is not what we do, but the way we perceive.”

— Rodney Smith

“I realize that is a bold claim, but emotional suffering is just the negative emotion caused by a meaning we attach to things with…

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“What is the cause of suffering in the human being? Why is it that human beings have such a difficult time putting their suffering…

— Adyashanti

“Suffering goes beyond pain. It resides in the mind. It results from how we interpret what happens to us, not from the situation itself.”

— Robert S. Rosenthal

“Suffering occurs when your ideas about how things ought to be don’t match how they really are. Stop for a second and look at…

— Brad Warner

“The cause of suffering is desire,”

— Arthur C. Clarke

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

— Dalai Lama

“Suffering is key to inspiration.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

“We suffer for the simple reason that suffering is biologically useful. It is nature’s preferred agent for inspiring change.”

— Mark Manson

“Suffering is intrinsic to human existence. There is no joy without its attendant pain.”

— Peter Ackroyd