3,815 Quotes About Suffering

God doesn’t promise us escape from suffering or pain. Rather, He promises to miraculously use even bad situations for your ultimate good.

Why are we afraid ofdeath?We are afraid because instinctively we resist change and death is an abrupt changein life. - HDH Bhagawan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivoham, in the book "Living Enlightenment".

When you suffer for things that are yet to happen, you suffer only in your imagination.

Seeking happiness is not the problem. The problem is that we often do not know where and how to find genuine happiness and so make the mistakes that cause suffering for ourselves & others.

Never feel ashamed of your longing for happiness.

The heart contracts when our bodies are overcome by shame.

Shame weakens us. It can make us frightened to take on something new. We start to withdraw from whatever might give us pleasure, self-esteem, or a sense of our value.

That which does not make one to do artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts the self) and raudradhyan (wrathful contemplation that hurts the self and others) is called the Atma (the Soul).

We all suffer from dreams.