Quotes About Suffering

Every (stressful thought) is a variation on a single theme: This shouldn't be happening. I shouldn't be having this experience. God is unjust. Life isn't fair.

[God] is able to take your life, with all of the heartache, all of the pain, all of the regret, all of the missed opportunities, and use you for His glory.

When Good Friday comes, these are the moments in life when we feel there's no hope. But then, Easter comes.

The Bible does not tell us that life in this world will be fair. Evil and sin are not Victorian gentlemen; they do not play fair.

Time is lost when we have not lived a full human life, time unenriched by experience, creative endeavor, enjoyment, and suffering.

Pain is the price you pay for resisting life.

Neither my life of luxury in the palace -nor- my life as ascetic in the forest were ways to enlightenment.

But as the world turns I learned life is hell, Livin' in the world no different from a cell...

Depression presents itself as a realism regarding the rottenness of the world in general and the rottenness of your life in particular.

We live as we dream - alone. While the dream disappears, the life continues painfully.

Euthanasia ... is simply to be able to die with dignity at a moment when life is devoid of it.

Life is a business that does not cover the costs.

We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering.

People are always asking, "What's the purpose of life?" That's easy. Relieve suffering. Create beauty. Make gardens.

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?

When there is no longer a cyclone, there is no longer an eye. So the storms, crises and sufferings of life are a way of finding the eye.

There is a deeper life. It is as deep as a personal Gethsemane and as costly as a personal Calvary.

Whoever prefers life to death, happiness to suffering, well-being to misery must defend without compromise private ownership in the means of production.

Much of my experience of life has cost me a great price and I wish to use it for strengthening and comforting other souls.

I suffer so much in this life. That is what they [the audience] are feeling when I sing, that is why they cry. People who felt nothing in this life cannot sing.

Life is painful, suffering is optional.

No one can escape death and unhappiness. If people expect only happiness in life, they will be disappointed.

Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life.

To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.