Agonizing Quote by Woody Allen

Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and comfort, but if we…

— Spencer W. Kimball

To be a human being is to suffer. But it's the unnecessary suffering, it's the suffering that we visit upon one another, that really…

— Bill Ayers

To me, the human experience does involve a great deal of anguish. It's joyful, but it's bittersweet. I just think that's life.

— Amy Grant

As you look at many people's lives, you see that their suffering is in a way gratifying, for they are comfortable in it. They…

— Ram Dass

I love the majesty of human suffering.

— Alfred de Vigny

Being human, at times, is very painful, and that leads us to reawakening.

— Suzanne Giesemann

As far as I am concerned, the greatest suffering is to feel alone, unwanted, unloved. The greatest suffering is also having no one, forgetting…

— Mother Teresa

The seminary of depths of pain has taught us this, What is the value of a human being and what constitutes humanity? have a…

— Mohd Aariff Khan

I have learned that human existence is essentially tragic. It is only the love of God, disclosed and enacted in Christ, that redeems the…

— Mark Twain

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

Whether you like it or not, you are committed to the human endeavor. I cannot ally myself with such a purely negative goal as…

— William S. Burroughs

To understand suffering, you must go beyond pain and pleasure. Your own desires and fears prevent you from understanding and thereby helping others. In…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj