Quotes About Suffering

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

All the harm, fear, and suffering in the world are caused by attachment to the self: Why should I hold on to this great demon?

We consume the carcasses of creatures of like appetites, passions and organs with our own, and fill the slaughterhouses daily with screams of pain and fear.

In their capacity to feel pain and fear, a pig is a dog is a bear is a boy.

Fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.

Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.

How much suffering and fear, and How many harmful things are in existence? If all arises from clinging to the "I", What should I do with this great demon?

I wish there were more true conversion, and then there would not be so much backsliding, and, for fear of suffering, living at ease, when there are so few to contend for Christ and His cause.

We often suffer more from our fears, than from the dangers of our situation.

It is ignorance that smothers, and it is carelessness that makes it invisible. The hunger of craving pollutes the world, and the pain of suffering causes the greatest fear.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

Do we fear suffering or apathy most? Is it from experience or the monotony of a commonplace existence that we quickest flee?

Craving brings pain; craving brings fear. If you do not yield to craving, you will be free from pain and fear

We fill the slaughterhouses daily with screams of fear and pain.

Who, doomed to go in company with Pain And Fear and Bloodshed,-miserable train!- Turns his necessity to glorious gain.

Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime. It's what unites us. The trick is not to let it destroy your trust in others when that happens. Don't let them take that from you.

You may avoid suffering and sorrow if you don't risk, but you simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live. The greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing and has nothing. Only a person who risks is free.

To avoid sufferings, one must learn to adapt, learn some flexibility and realize that Everything changes, and this is beautiful.

Pain is a part of life. Once we accept this, we can never be truly hurt...

There are two types of PAIN in this world. PAIN that hurts you. PAIN that changes you...

Happiness is not a reward it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment it is a result.

Pain is an integral part of life, accepting pain as a blessing and patience are an integral part of Wisdom.

The way to overcome the darkness of our fear, confusion and suffering is by shining the light on all that we think, feel, say and do.

I'm in an abusive relationship with life. It keeps beating the hell out of me and I'm too cowardly to leave it.