Quote by Victor Hugo

“What am I to do on this earth? The choice rests with me: suffer or enjoy. Whither will suffering lead me? To nothingness; but…

— Victor Hugo

“Our existence comes with Death. And it comes with suffering, death alone is not enough and pleasure have consequences. wicked and fucked. love comes…

— Ira N. Barin

All the suffering in the world comes from seeking pleasure for oneself. All the happiness in the world comes from seeking pleasure for others.

— Shantideva

“The purpose of suffering is to contain the light of your desire until you see yourself in everything.”

— Eric Micha'el Leventhal

“This way, suffering becomes a fearful gift, very different from that other gift, happiness, conventionally defined. The latter brings pleasure, but the former cultivates…

— David Brooks

“The cause of suffering is desire,”

— Arthur C. Clarke

“Since I myself never wish to suffer and always want to be happy, I must abandon and purify my non-virtuous actions and sincerely perform…

— Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

This swallowing up of life in nothingness, this obliteration of life by nothingness is what the emotion of malice ultimately desires. The eternal conflict…

— John Cowper Powys

“even though we do not want to suffer we create our own suffering by performing non-virtuous actions.”

— Kelsang Gyatso

“Suffering creates a vivid contrast illuminating joy, happiness, and satisfaction. It is a harsh lesson on the other side of sublime. We all must…

— Brent Green

Whatever suffering there is in this world,all arises from desiring only myself to be happy.And whatever joy there is in this world,all arises from…

— Gautama Buddha

“suffering is not good in itself. What is good in any painful experience is, for the sufferer, his submission to the will of God,…

— C.S. Lewis