Suffering Sayings and Suffering Quotes

Suffering Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old suffering quotes, suffering sayings, and suffering proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Suffering must be the inevitable tariff exacted from spirit for residing in human form. Mark Frost

We need to be aware of the suffering, but retain our clarity, calmness and strength so we can help transform the situation. Thich Nhat Hanh

Suffering well borne is better than suffering removed. Henry Ward Beecher

Suffering is not increased by numbers; one body can contain all the suffering the world can feel. Graham Greene

Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere. Elie Wiesel

Your suffering is something you choose. Experience it fully. Without it you will not achieve personal growth and higher consciousness. Ernie J. Zelinski

Suffering, once accepted, loses its edge, for the terror of it lessens, and what remains is generally far more manageable than we had imagined. Lesley Hazelton

Suffering is the true cement of love. Paul Sabatier

Suffering is not good for the soul, unless it teaches you to stop suffering. Jane Roberts

We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it in full. Marcel Proust

Suffering is nothing. It's all a matter of preventing those you love from suffering. Alphonse Daudet

Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise. Ram Dass

All suffering comes from a person's inability to sit still and be alone. Anthony De Mello

Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. Mary Tyler Moore

Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they're wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. Jim Morrison

The cause of our suffering is not what we do, but the way we perceive. Rodney Smith

Pain is never permanent. Saint Teresa of Avila

You must let suffering speak, if you want to hear the truth. Cornel West

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. Marcus Aelius Aurelius

Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us. Ram Dass

There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way. Libba Bray

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls, the most massive characters are seared with scars. Khalil Gibran

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering. Friedrich Nietzsche

I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. Mark Twain

Pain and suffering have come into your life, but remember pain, sorrow, suffering are but the kiss of Jesus a sign that you have come so close to Him that He can kiss you. Mother Teresa

Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional. Desmond Tutu

Suffering is given to you that you might open your eyes to the truth. Anthony De Mello

A suffering person does not need a lecture, he needs a listener. Billy Graham

We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, Blessed are they that morn. C. S. Lewis

All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming. Helen Keller