Quotes About Suffering

The source of man's unhappiness is his ignorance of Nature.

Nature is that lovely lady to whom we owe polio, leprosy, smallpox, syphilis, tuberculosis, cancer.

Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another.

All pain is per se and especially in excess, destructive and ultimately fatal in its nature and effects.

You want to eliminate your evil desires in order to reveal your Buddha nature, but where will you throw them away?

We are slaves in the hands of nature - slaves to a bit of bread, slaves to praise, slaves to blame, slaves to wife, to husband, to child, slaves to everything.

The Buddha said that samsara by its nature is painful. He didn't say it was a joyride.

I firmly believe that nature can bring comfort to all who suffer.

I like a look of agony, because I know it's true

An animal in pain is the saddest thing on Earth.

I believe, that creating is a joyful activity as well as a meaningful suffer, and thus, it is an integral part of the human nature.

I was left behind with the immensity of existing things. A river, suffering because reflections of clouds and tress and not clouds and trees.

Suffering, he thought later, could rob a man of his empathy, could turn him selfish, could make him depreciate all other sufferers.

How do we still believe that human nature is not evil when 60 years old men rape 3 years innocent girls?

..the most identifying trait of humanity is our ability to be inhumane to one another.

When it comes to suffering, appearance is everything.

When elephants fight it is the grass that suffers.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

If you have a wounded heart, touch it as little as you would an injured eye. There are only two remedies for the suffering of the soul: hope and patience.

When I planted my pain in the field of patience it bore fruit of happiness.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

The principle aim of psychotherapy is not to transport one to an impossible state of happiness, but to help (the client) acquire steadfastness and patience in the face of suffering.

The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.

Pain is hard to bear.... But with patience, day by day, Even this shall pass away.