We are never so defenceless against suffering as when we love.
-Sigmund Freud
Quotations
Suffering
Suffering is a journey which has an end.
-Matthew Fox
The end is the beginning of all things, suppressed and hidden, awaiting to be released through the rhythm of pain and pleasure… Pain itself destroys pain. Suffering itself frees man from suffering.
-J. Krishnamurti "J. Krishnamurti"
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.
-Colette
The word ‘happiness’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
-Carl Gustav Jung
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
-Anonymous
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
-Woody Allen
Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead.
-Tennessee Williams
Suffering is a product of limited knowledge.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
