Quotes About Suffering

It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.

The love that you withhold is the pain that you carry.

How could I bear a crown of gold when the Lord bears a crown of thorns? And bears it for me!

There is a secret medicine given only to those who hurt so hard they can't hope. The hopers would feel slighted if they knew.

All suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction.

Compassion is the wish for another being to be free from suffering; love is wanting them to have happiness.

Heartbreak makes us stronger; it's an opportunity for spiritual growth. How can you understand someone else's pain if you have not yourself suffered?

If I am hungry, that is a material problem; if someone else is hungry, that is a spiritual problem.

There is nothing wrong with God's creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.

All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted.

Karma moves in two directions. If we act virtuously, the seed we plant will result in happiness. If we act non-virtuously, suffering results.

Strange, the desire for certain pleasures is a part of my pain.

Afflictions are meant for our spiritual benefit; we are sometimes tempted that we may learn to pray the more.

You cannot find any peace by escaping from human pain and suffering; you have to find peace and harmony right in the midst of human pain. That is the purpose of spiritual life

In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.

Is suffering really necessary? Yes and no. If you had not suffered as you have, there would be no depth to you, no humility, no compassion.

The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.

what a horrible loutish planet this is. the dominant species consists of sadistic morons, faces bearing the hideous lineaments of spiritual famine swollen with stupid hate. hopeless rubbish.

When you learn to love hell you will be in heaven.

Be comforted with this divine thought that your spiritual and physical pains are the test of the Divine Will.

People suffer from pain and call it evil, yet in reality it may be growing pains of the Spirit-the changing of the body into a finer and more spiritual substance.

Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions.

The greater part of human pain is unnecessary. It is self-created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life.

Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some.