Human suffering Quote by Terryl L. Givens

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

— Shai Tubali

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

— Mark Manson

“They say our suffering is an inevitable part of the human condition; just accept it. But the greatest human skill is that of a…

— Bryant McGill

“Given the state of disaster we humans have wrought upon the planet, it seems an argument can be made for the inferiority of the…

— Hope Bohanec

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

— Rodney Smith

“We increase our suffering through our attempts to avoid it”

— Miriam Greenspan

"Great suffering has a silver-lining that we can be grateful for, because it builds up a human being and puts him or her within…

— Anwar Sadat

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

— Senora Roy

“human desires are the main cause of suffering”

— Siddhattha Gotama Buddha

“Subjecting other living things to pain, suffering, and death is the biggest fault in the human race”

— Zoe Rosenberg

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

— Peter Ackroyd

“Perhaps our suffering is part of our humanity.”

— Christina L. Barr