Add Quote by Walter Kaufmann

As a rule I don't like suffering to no purpose. Suffering should be creative, should give birth to something good and lovely.

— Chinua Achebe

“If the immediate and direct purpose of our life is not suffering then our existence is the most Ill-adapted to its purpose in the…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.

— Willie Nelson

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

In a world of plenty, continued suffering is a terrible stain on our conscience. It is inexcusable that we not strive, with every resource…

— Kofi Annan

Suffering is necessary until you realize it is unnecessary.

— Eckhart Tolle

“...the very "purpose of life" - the goal of avoiding suffering and discovering happiness.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

But the real, tremendous truth is this: suffering serves no purpose whatever.

— Cesare Pavese

All human suffering concerns each human being

— Vaclav Havel

Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifference,…

— Honore de Balzac

Suffering is partly destined and hence inevitable , but it is mainly self-afflicted and hence avoidable.

— Ritu Ghatourey

There are, of course, two kinds of suffering, that which has a reward and that which doesn't.

— Jennifer James