3,815 Quotes About Suffering

i keep reminding myself that suffering has nothing to do with some divine plan. instead, the divine is trying to help us through it.

When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.

Seek neither adventure nor security, seek to alleviate the suffering of others, and you'll have all the joy in the world.

When Lord Buddha spoke about suffering, he wasn’t referring simply to superficial problems like illness and injury, but to the fact that the dissatisfied nature of the mind itself is suffering. No matter how much of something you get, it never satisfies your desire for better or more. This unceasing desire is suffering; its nature is emotional frustration.

suffering leads to wisdom & wisdom leads to joy...hence suffering leads to joy!”Excerpt From: Ujjwal Arora. “Zen, Coffee & Potpourri”. Apple Books.

May we always be burdened with thinking of the suffering of others, for that is what it means to be human.

Eons of suffering, brutality and struggle have paved the way through the corridors of time to create this moment, where you exist as an exalted expression of life.

The great suffering caused by lack of freedom of thought is nothing compared to that caused by lack of freedom from thought.

If we do not have peace and joy at this moment, we can at least remember some peace and joy we experienced in the past or observe the peace and joy of others. We see that well-being is possible.