Suffering Quotes

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion.

There’s only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and forget everybody else! It sounds egotistical, but it’s actually the only cure for those suffering from self-pity.

No one will hit you harder than life itself. It doesn’t matter how hard you hit back. It’s about how much you can take, and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward. That’s how you win.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.

When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune.

No love that a man has will only give him pleasure in return- he shall also suffer pain because of it, except for love of Allah.

The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering but a supernatural use for it.

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.