Buddhism Quote by Wikipedia

Suffering has a noble purpose: the evolution of consciousness and the burning up of the ego.

— Eckhart Tolle

“Suffering builds character and impels you to penetrate life’s secrets. It’s the path of great artists, great religious leaders, great social reformers. The problem…

— Kay Larson

“The essence of the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) is about identifying the cause of our suffering & alleviating it.”

— Allan Lokos

“As the Supreme Buddha once said, “The root of suffering is attachment.”

— Dominique Francon

A self - a me - exists in every thought and every emotion. Suffering arises through complete identification with thinking and emotions.

— Eckhart Tolle

Privation and suffering alone open the mind to all that is hidden to others. (Igjugarjuk)

— Joseph Campbell

“Suffering led the Buddha to enlightenment, and it may cause us, against our will, to grow in compassion, awareness, and possibly eventually peace.”

— Huston Smith

“The tool the Buddha holds out to free the mind from desire is understanding.”

— Bhikkhu Bodhi

Buddha's doctrine: Man suffers because of his craving to possess and keep forever things which are essentially impermanent...this frustration of the desire to possess…

— Alan Watts

“I discovered Buddha did not set out to found a world religion. He set out to understand why one suffers. I learned that only…

— Satya Nadella

I do not perceive even one other thing, O monks, that when undeveloped and uncultivated entails such great suffering as the mind. The mind…

— Gautama Buddha

“We only suffer when we falsely identify with the objects that arise in our awareness, rather than with the awareness itself—when we identify with…

— Joseph P. Kauffman