Suffering quotes

Right now, what human beings are suffering is not their bondage, they are suffering their freedom. …Right now, what human beings are suffering is not their bondage, they are suffering their freedom. If you suffer your bondage, that is alright, but if you suffer your freedom that is a tragedy

Freedom Truth Humans

In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is …In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

Truth Witty Reality

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is …Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Inspirational Short Pain

The wound is the place where the Light enters …The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

Light

The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to …The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.

Forgiveness Life Short Compassion

Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering …Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.

Relationship Short Truth Wisdom

Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden …Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden mercy.

Short

Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your …Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

Heart Life Growth Understanding

As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my …As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.

Inspirational

Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified …Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.

Love Soul Knowledge

Victory is the child of struggle... joy blossoms from suffering, and redemption is a product of …Victory is the child of struggle... joy blossoms from suffering, and redemption is a product of sacrifice.

Joy

Once you have come as a human, you are not trapped anymore, other creatures are trapped in their …Once you have come as a human, you are not trapped anymore, other creatures are trapped in their own instincts, beyond that they cannot think, you have instincts for survival, but you have the possibility of going beyond instincts

Being human Possibility






Life + Suffering quotes

Life Quotes
At some point we all look up and realize we are lost in a …At some point we all look up and realize we are lost in a maze.

Life

When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and …When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.

Life Wisdom Pain Sadness

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

Life Short

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

Life Short

We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the …We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.

Life Short Experience

Never stop just because you feel defeated. The journey to the other side is attainable only after …Never stop just because you feel defeated. The journey to the other side is attainable only after great suffering.

Life

Enormous potential and possibilities are destroyed in your life by the fear of …Enormous potential and possibilities are destroyed in your life by the fear of suffering

Life Short Fear

Through every trial, we grow. All suffering we experience has a meaning. Though it seems very …Through every trial, we grow. All suffering we experience has a meaning. Though it seems very cruel, it is like the fire that smelts the iron ore: the steel that emerges from that furnace is beautifully strong, useful for many purposes

Life Experience Analogy Thought

To perceive is to …To perceive is to suffer.

Life Short Perception Understanding

What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for …What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.

Life Philosophy Short

If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in …If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.

Life Short

the moment unwillingness comes, even if the most beautiful thing is happening to you, it feels like …the moment unwillingness comes, even if the most beautiful thing is happening to you, it feels like you are being buggered by life. You are unwilling, but we will push you into heaven - you will suffer.

Life

People are capable of suffering just about anything- this is the nature of the intellect. Once …People are capable of suffering just about anything- this is the nature of the intellect. Once you're into the intellect, this is how life is. If you're below the intellect, you won't suffer so much. if you're above the intellect, you're a Buddha. If you're below the intellect, maybe we can call you Buddhu

Life

Whether it's education, marriage, work, career, business, whatever - all these things are extra …Whether it's education, marriage, work, career, business, whatever - all these things are extra fittings to our lives to make it better. You would want to add something which makes you more beautiful. But people cling to these add-ons so badly that the burden of carrying extra fittings all over the place becomes painful everything seems exploitative

Life Relationship Perspective Pain

you are suffering every aspect of life, it does not mean there is something wrong with life, it …you are suffering every aspect of life, it does not mean there is something wrong with life, it just means you are only half alive to life; only one part of you is alive, the other part is yet to become alive. Being half alive is always torturous. It doesn't matter where you are, in what kind of situation you are, if you are half alive it is torturous

Life

Only if you have no fear of suffering will you dare to walk your life full …Only if you have no fear of suffering will you dare to walk your life full stride

Life Short Fear

Mental suffering essentially comes from a loss of perspective as to what life is all …Mental suffering essentially comes from a loss of perspective as to what life is all about.

Life Perspective Mind Loss

Life is neither suffering nor is it joy - you can make it whatever you …Life is neither suffering nor is it joy - you can make it whatever you want.

Life Short One liners Joy

Suffering happens essentially because most human beings have lost perspective as to what this life …Suffering happens essentially because most human beings have lost perspective as to what this life is about. Their psychological process has become far larger than the existential process

Life Perspective

Any sensitive human being is bound to be wounded when he knows only the dualities of life; when he …Any sensitive human being is bound to be wounded when he knows only the dualities of life; when he does not know the other dimension.

Life

About a third of my cases are suffering from no clinically definable neurosis, but from the …About a third of my cases are suffering from no clinically definable neurosis, but from the senselessness and emptiness of their lives. This can be defined as the general neurosis of our times.

Life

If anything happens that you think should not happen, you will suffer. You want the whole existence …If anything happens that you think should not happen, you will suffer. You want the whole existence to happen the way you think it should, it will never be so

Life Expectation Existence

It is extremely important that successful people send a clear message that success is a beautiful …It is extremely important that successful people send a clear message that success is a beautiful thing, it is not a suffering, it is not a miserable thing to do in your life

Life Success

Don't carry the experience of life as a wound - let it become wisdom. The harder life's been on …Don't carry the experience of life as a wound - let it become wisdom. The harder life's been on you, the sooner you should become wise

Life Wisdom Experience



Short + Suffering quotes

Short Quotes
The Moment You Form a Strong Opinion, Suffering is …The Moment You Form a Strong Opinion, Suffering is Inevitable

Short Opinion

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never …Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.

Short

Never to suffer would never to have been …Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.

Short

The cure for pain is in the …The cure for pain is in the pain.

Short Pain Liberation

He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he …He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.

Short Witty Fear

Temper us in fire, and we grow stronger. When we suffer, we …Temper us in fire, and we grow stronger. When we suffer, we survive.

Short Strength

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself …Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

Short Mind Book Reading

No one can achieve wellbeing through someone else's …No one can achieve wellbeing through someone else's suffering.

Short One liners Compassion

Whatever you do willingly, you enjoy. Whatever you do unwillingly, you …Whatever you do willingly, you enjoy. Whatever you do unwillingly, you suffer

Short Joy

If joy is not the ambiance of your life, even life's most pleasurable activities become …If joy is not the ambiance of your life, even life's most pleasurable activities become burdensome

Short Joy Pleasure

Entering the spiritual path means you have become conscious of your …Entering the spiritual path means you have become conscious of your suffering

Short One liners Spirituality

Suffering is not showered upon us, it is manufactured. And the manufacturing unit is in your …Suffering is not showered upon us, it is manufactured. And the manufacturing unit is in your mind

Short Mind

Once you transcend the fear of suffering, you will naturally explore life to the …Once you transcend the fear of suffering, you will naturally explore life to the fullest

Short Fear

All the suffering you have within you (mind) was created by …All the suffering you have within you (mind) was created by you

Short One liners Mind

More people in the world are suffering from indigestion than of hunger. Unfortunately, that's the …More people in the world are suffering from indigestion than of hunger. Unfortunately, that's the reality.

Short Reality World People

As you distance yourself from the body and mind, this is the end of all …As you distance yourself from the body and mind, this is the end of all suffering

Short Truth Wisdom

I can create easy situation for you, or difficult situation for you. But suffering is your …I can create easy situation for you, or difficult situation for you. But suffering is your choice

Short Choice

External circumstances can only cause you physical pain. Suffering is created in your …External circumstances can only cause you physical pain. Suffering is created in your mind.

Short Pain Mind

Suffering is not inevitable. Suffering is …Suffering is not inevitable. Suffering is self-created.

Short

Pain is a fact. Suffering is a …Pain is a fact. Suffering is a choice.

Short Pain Choice

Your trauma creates …Your trauma creates you.

Short

But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much …But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.

Short



All suffering Quotes


Human beings are not suffering their bondage, they are suffering their …Human beings are not suffering their bondage, they are suffering their freedom

Freedom Short Being human

Once there is a distance between you and your body, once there is a distance between you and your …Once there is a distance between you and your body, once there is a distance between you and your mind this is the end of suffering, this being cannot suffer any more; question of conflict doesn't arise.

Wisdom Mind Body

When you resist change, you resist the fundamental process of life & invariably you'll invite all …When you resist change, you resist the fundamental process of life & invariably you'll invite all kinds of suffering

Change Life

The fear of suffering makes your life a half step. Freedom from the fear of suffering is needed for …The fear of suffering makes your life a half step. Freedom from the fear of suffering is needed for a full-stride life

Freedom Fear

True religion are those immutable principles that protect man permanently from the threefold …True religion are those immutable principles that protect man permanently from the threefold suffering of disease, unhappiness, and ignorance

Religion Ignorance

Suffering is a good teacher to those who are quick and willing to learn from it. But it becomes a …Suffering is a good teacher to those who are quick and willing to learn from it. But it becomes a tyrant to those who resist and resent.

Wisdom

It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human …It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.

Spirituality

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of …Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

Funny Imagination Life Short

Sometimes all a person wants is an empathetic ear; all he or she needs is to talk it out. Just …Sometimes all a person wants is an empathetic ear; all he or she needs is to talk it out. Just offering a listening ear and an understanding heart for his or her suffering can be a big comfort.

Heart Understanding Comfort

I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had …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.

Death Fear Humor

Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of …Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.

One thing you can't hide - is when you're crippled …One thing you can't hide - is when you're crippled inside.

Emotions Pain

Suffering is like anything else. Live with it long enough, you learn to like the …Suffering is like anything else. Live with it long enough, you learn to like the taste.

Pain

Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real …Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.

Courage Belief

We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we …We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love.

Love Short Human nature

Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime. It's what unites us. The trick is not …Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime. It's what unites us. The trick is not to let it destroy your trust in others when that happens. Don't let them take that from you.

Trust

Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of …Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings.

Loneliness Food Human nature

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can …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.

Success Soul Experience Character

The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before …The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.

Happiness Philosophy

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

Philosophy Religion Short Humor

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, …The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

Love

You only lose what you cling …You only lose what you cling to.

Desire Short Wisdom

When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never …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.

Dreams Life Pain Pleasure

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and …If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

History Life Enemy Acceptance

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your …I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

Hate Inspirational

In a perverse way, I was glad for the stitches, glad it would show, that there would be scars. What …In a perverse way, I was glad for the stitches, glad it would show, that there would be scars. What was the point in just being hurt on the inside? It should bloody well show.

Pain Hurt

The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and …The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.

Death Morality

The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his …The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.

Man

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with …Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Soul Character Strength

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of …Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

Hope Inspirational World

Very few people transcend out of their intelligence, most people have to be thrashed by life; only …Very few people transcend out of their intelligence, most people have to be thrashed by life; only then they will transcend

Spirituality Intelligence People

How you are, should never be determined by how somebody else is. Once you allow that, you will …How you are, should never be determined by how somebody else is. Once you allow that, you will remain a slave to somebody all your life because they will decide whether you'll be happy or unhappy.

Happiness Life Joy

Is there some aspect of life that human beings are not suffering? If they are poor they suffer …Is there some aspect of life that human beings are not suffering? If they are poor they suffer their poverty. You make them affluent they suffer that. If they are uneducated they suffer that. If you make them educated they suffer that. If they are unmarried they suffer that. You get them married.. If they don't have children they suffer that. If they have..

Funny Life Truth Wisdom

We are the only creature on the planet which has the freedom to shape its own life. It's this …We are the only creature on the planet which has the freedom to shape its own life. It's this freedom which human beings are suffering. If one is suffering bondages then it's not a problem. If one is suffering freedom then it's a disaster

Freedom Life Humanity

If I give you a sharp knife, if you hold it on the wrong end, if you hold it the harder, more you …If I give you a sharp knife, if you hold it on the wrong end, if you hold it the harder, more you hold it, it hurts more. That's all you are suffering- your own intelligence.

Wisdom Hurt

Your suffering is always about that which does not exist.. If you were rooted in reality, there …Your suffering is always about that which does not exist.. If you were rooted in reality, there would be no fear

Imagination Fear Reality

Generally, successful people are becoming miserable. We are sending out a message: 'Success is …Generally, successful people are becoming miserable. We are sending out a message: 'Success is suffering.' That's dangerous

Success

People who have failed in their lives are suffering their failure. People who have succeeded in …People who have failed in their lives are suffering their failure. People who have succeeded in their life are suffering their success. If you suffer your failure, it is okay, if you start suffering your success, that is the real tragedy of life.

Failure Life Success People

People are capable of suffering just about anything. If you send them to heaven they will suffer …People are capable of suffering just about anything. If you send them to heaven they will suffer because they will miss hell.

Humor People

In the name and guise of fulfilling one's needs, ego lures man to continuous seeking of …In the name and guise of fulfilling one's needs, ego lures man to continuous seeking of self-satisfaction, resulting in suffering and vexation

Seeking

It is important to avoid identification with pain or anger or any kind of mental or physical …It is important to avoid identification with pain or anger or any kind of mental or physical suffering that comes

Anger Pain

Stage actors do not bemoan their particular parts, but enact their roles to the best of their …Stage actors do not bemoan their particular parts, but enact their roles to the best of their ability, knowing they are temporary portrayals. Do you see? It is only when we take life too seriously that we suffer.

When suffering comes it is more difficult to detach your consciousness from identification with the …When suffering comes it is more difficult to detach your consciousness from identification with the body; so be wise and make the effort now, while you have strength and health

Wisdom Strength Health Consciousness

You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. …You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.

Choice World Hurt

Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to …Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.

Friendship Witty Humor

Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, …Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful; you have a right only to their skepticism.

Men

The Greek word for 'return' is nostos. Algos means 'suffering.' So nostalgia is the suffering …The Greek word for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.

Memory Ignorance

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep …Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.

Heart Pain Intelligence

The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune …The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.

God Darkness Soul Light

For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday …For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.

Inspirational Philosophy Science Knowledge

I call him religious who understands the suffering of …I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.

Religion Short Understanding

God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for …God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.

Faith God Short

I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of …I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them.

Beauty Failure Life

We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the …We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.

Light People

I can't go on, I'll go …I can't go on, I'll go on.

Pain

Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of …Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.

Happiness Life Short Pain

There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly …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.

Wisdom

What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to …What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.

Love Short

On the one hand maybe I've remained infantile, while on the other I matured quickly, because at a …On the one hand maybe I've remained infantile, while on the other I matured quickly, because at a young age I was very aware of suffering and fear.

Fear Humor

Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same …Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.

Love

You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by …You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it.

Love

To love is to suffer and there can be no love …To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.

Love Short

Misery is caused by you because you are unconscious of what you are doing, because your body and …Misery is caused by you because you are unconscious of what you are doing, because your body and mind are not in your control, that is why you are causing misery.

Self control Control

Freedom is a Benediction if you are aware, Freedom is a curse if you are unaware. Humanity is …Freedom is a Benediction if you are aware, Freedom is a curse if you are unaware. Humanity is suffering the Freedom, not Bondage, there is a way out of Bondage, there is no way out of Freedom.

Freedom Humanity

With your actions, if you are turning yourself against yourself, because you do things senselessly …With your actions, if you are turning yourself against yourself, because you do things senselessly & you are not doing things by choice simply because you have given in to a certain aspect of your body or emotion or something, then definitely you will bring suffering to yourself

Emotions Choice Spirituality

If you're suffering anything which does not exist, it amounts to insanity, isn't it? People are …If you're suffering anything which does not exist, it amounts to insanity, isn't it? People are always suffering either what happened yesterday or what may happen tomorrow. So your suffering is always about that which does not exist

Imagination

People are capable of suffering just about anything in the world, If you're not educated, you will …People are capable of suffering just about anything in the world, If you're not educated, you will suffer that. If you get educated, you suffer that. If you don't find a job, you'll suffer that. If you find a job, you suffer that. If you're not married, you'll suffer that. If you get married, you suffer that. If you don't have children, you suffer that..

Funny Perspective Mind

To avoid suffering, people are inventing many ways to go below the intellect. Excessive eating, …To avoid suffering, people are inventing many ways to go below the intellect. Excessive eating, alcohol, excessive indulgence in physical pleasures.. you're trying to avoid the torment of the intellect for some time, but then life will catch up with you with more intensity. The only way out for this is to evolve beyond the intellect.

It's unfortunate that injustice, subjugation and many levels of cruelty generates wonderful men. We …It's unfortunate that injustice, subjugation and many levels of cruelty generates wonderful men. We have to find a way to generate such men when there is no strife, when there is no subjugation, when there is no injustice.

Truth Reality

How many varieties of suffering human beings have invented for themselves is absolutely incredible. …How many varieties of suffering human beings have invented for themselves is absolutely incredible. Actually you could find employment in hell, because if you are so good at torturing yourself, you could be very good at torturing other people.

Funny

Every action will produce a certain kind of consequence in our lives. If you can handle any kind of …Every action will produce a certain kind of consequence in our lives. If you can handle any kind of consequence joyfully, do whatever you please, but when things go wrong or when things become unpleasant, you are going to suffer, if that is your case then you must, you know, regulate the activity that you perform.

Action

People are suffering their thoughts immensely, because they do not know how to keep it pleasant, …People are suffering their thoughts immensely, because they do not know how to keep it pleasant, nothing has been done towards it. So, what is a possibility always becomes a problem if you do not explore it in the right perspective.

Perspective Problems Thought Possibility

If ignorance doesn't bring suffering to you, why would you seek …If ignorance doesn't bring suffering to you, why would you seek enlightenment?

Freedom Short Ignorance

Every step has become half a step for a large part of humanity because the fear of suffering has …Every step has become half a step for a large part of humanity because the fear of suffering has crippled them. Let it be a full stride always.

Inspirational Fear Humanity

Ignorance is not a solution nor is it a bliss. Ignorance protects you from suffering a few things …Ignorance is not a solution nor is it a bliss. Ignorance protects you from suffering a few things but suffering will accumulate and come to you in large scale at some point.

Ignorance

People suffer what happened ten years ago, and they suffer what may happen the day after tomorrow …People suffer what happened ten years ago, and they suffer what may happen the day after tomorrow already.

Funny Imagination Fear

The only reason why you cause suffering to yourself and to anyone around you is because you are …The only reason why you cause suffering to yourself and to anyone around you is because you are unaware

Two greatest faculties that human beings have are- A fantastic & vivid memory and an absolutely …Two greatest faculties that human beings have are- A fantastic & vivid memory and an absolutely wonderful imagination, these only a human being has, (but unfortunately) you (have) started suffering them. So what you are saying is- evolution has made a mistake

Imagination Mistake Memory

Your likes and dislikes are a certain level of compulsion. If you cannot do what you like, you will …Your likes and dislikes are a certain level of compulsion. If you cannot do what you like, you will suffer.

The moment you romanticize suffering, it's very clear you are not interested in human wellbeing - …The moment you romanticize suffering, it's very clear you are not interested in human wellbeing - you like drama

Unless you are oblivious to your own suffering, you have no right to be oblivious to other people's …Unless you are oblivious to your own suffering, you have no right to be oblivious to other people's suffering.

Compassion People

If we are in tune with the fundamental laws of nature, we will enjoy the process of life. …If we are in tune with the fundamental laws of nature, we will enjoy the process of life. Otherwise, suffering is inevitable

Nature

When you exist here only as a body and a mind, suffering is inevitable. Meditation means to go …When you exist here only as a body and a mind, suffering is inevitable. Meditation means to go beyond the limitations of your body and mind.

Freedom Mind Meditation Liberation

If you are keen on doing something about human suffering, attend to yourself first, and also to …If you are keen on doing something about human suffering, attend to yourself first, and also to people around you. That is the best way to start

Inspirational People

You have made your petty creation (psychological process) far more important than the Creator's …You have made your petty creation (psychological process) far more important than the Creator's creation. That is the fundamental source of all suffering

Creation

All the suffering you go through is manufactured in your mind, isn't it so? If you distance …All the suffering you go through is manufactured in your mind, isn't it so? If you distance yourself from the mind, can there be suffering in you? This is the end of suffering.

Mind

If our humanity is functional, when someone is suffering, we spontaneously feel that we ought to do …If our humanity is functional, when someone is suffering, we spontaneously feel that we ought to do something about it. No one has to teach this to us

Compassion Humanity

If your mind listens to you, you will have no suffering inside. The suffering will only be in your …If your mind listens to you, you will have no suffering inside. The suffering will only be in your body. We can do something about the suffering in your body with medicine or other means

Mind Body

People are not serious about (world) peace, except those who are really hit by its …People are not serious about (world) peace, except those who are really hit by its absence

Peace Short

Peace, Happiness, misery, anxiety, suffering, anger, and hatred have a certain chemical basis …Peace, Happiness, misery, anxiety, suffering, anger, and hatred have a certain chemical basis within you. There are simple methods with which one can create the right kind of chemistry within oneself. If you are willing to invest just a few minutes a day in your inner wellbeing, being peaceful & happy within yourself becomes natural.

Anger Happiness Peace Yoga

As a human being, you know suffering not because creation gave the suffering to you. Creation just …As a human being, you know suffering not because creation gave the suffering to you. Creation just gave you the freedom to make whatever you wish to out of yourself

Creation

You don't see other creatures of the planet suffering like human beings. Their suffering is purely …You don't see other creatures of the planet suffering like human beings. Their suffering is purely physical. If they are physically harmed, they are in pain. Even in pain, the do not know the kind of suffering that a human being knows

Pain Being human

The level of suffering of people who have comfort and well-being is much deeper than of those …The level of suffering of people who have comfort and well-being is much deeper than of those people who are not eating properly. Suffering is not necessarily always in proportion to one's physical deprivation

Comfort

By asking 'whether it is the Creator's mistake that so many people are suffering', you're trying to …By asking "whether it is the Creator's mistake that so many people are suffering", you're trying to insulate yourself against other people's suffering, there is something in you that is connected to everything in the existence. If you make that active in whichever way possible, that something in you won't let you keep quiet.

Mistake Existence

Why does your compassion only go out to human beings, and not to other creatures as well? Do you …Why does your compassion only go out to human beings, and not to other creatures as well? Do you think that they are lesser forms of life than you? If so, you're too identified with your own form

Heart Compassion

Human beings are capable of suffering just about anything. If there is some physical reason, at …Human beings are capable of suffering just about anything. If there is some physical reason, at least they have a good excuse. Otherwise, they will simply suffer for nothing.

Truth Being human

It's always better to handle things around you, rather than trying to handle things somewhere else, …It's always better to handle things around you, rather than trying to handle things somewhere else, because then, you'll just dissipate your energies. You'll waste your life talking about it; not doing anything about it.

Wisdom Action

He who is tranquil before friend and foe alike, and in encountering adoration and insult, and …He who is tranquil before friend and foe alike, and in encountering adoration and insult, and during the experiences of warmth and chill and of pleasure and suffering... that person is dear to Me

Friends Enemy Bhagavad gita Pleasure

Don't blame God or anyone else if you are suffering from disease, financial problems, emotional …Don't blame God or anyone else if you are suffering from disease, financial problems, emotional upsets. You created the cause of the problem in the past and must make a greater determination to uproot it now.

God Inspirational

Trials do not come to destroy you, but to help you appreciate God better. God does not send those …Trials do not come to destroy you, but to help you appreciate God better. God does not send those trials. They are of your own making—the effects of conscious or unconscious actions in the past, somewhere, sometime

God Action

All you have to do to overcome your trials is to resurrect your consciousness from the environment …All you have to do to overcome your trials is to resurrect your consciousness from the environment of spiritual ignorance

Ignorance Consciousness

Through the suffering that comes to us, the Lord wants us to see that the world is not perfect. In …Through the suffering that comes to us, the Lord wants us to see that the world is not perfect. In this way, he helps us to break our attachment to it

God

It is wisest to be impartial. If you have health, but are attached to it, you will always be afraid …It is wisest to be impartial. If you have health, but are attached to it, you will always be afraid of losing it. And if you fear that loss, but become ill, you will suffer. Why not remain forever joyful in the Self?

Fear Health Loss

The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's …The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery

Desire Power

It's my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting, and for the …It's my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting, and for the millionth time in my life I wish for measles or smallpox or some other easily understood disease just to make it easier on me and also on them.

Humor People

There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really …There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain.

Pain Compassion

Once this mind starts working for you, once you are blissful by your own nature, there is no more …Once this mind starts working for you, once you are blissful by your own nature, there is no more fear of suffering, your mind will become a fantastic instrument of wellbeing

Fear Mind

If just one percent of the population stands up, in a really committed way, to alleviate human …If just one percent of the population stands up, in a really committed way, to alleviate human suffering, at least the physical suffering in this existence could be just wiped out, The whole 100 percent need not stand up. Just one percent

World

When you are in pursuit of happiness, you are in some way causing suffering to others all the …When you are in pursuit of happiness, you are in some way causing suffering to others all the time.

Happiness Short

When a person suffers, it is natural for another person to be sensitive to his suffering. This much …When a person suffers, it is natural for another person to be sensitive to his suffering. This much sensitivity and this much humanity exists in everyone. But we have put our sensitivity and our humanity out of action

Humanity Action

Why do you permit yourself to remain entrapped in the cycles of births and deaths and their untold …Why do you permit yourself to remain entrapped in the cycles of births and deaths and their untold miseries? How many lifetimes will you helplessly go through all this? Don't waste your time

Death Time

God is love, and love is the panacea for human …God is love, and love is the panacea for human suffering

God Love Short

it doesn't matter whether we scrub floors, or whether we are the leaders of great nations; unless …it doesn't matter whether we scrub floors, or whether we are the leaders of great nations; unless we know that we are merely playing a part on the stage of time, we will suffer from the dualities inherent in the consciousness of being identified with these different stations and conditions

Consciousness

Sleep is nothing but a counterfeit death. What happens in death we can picture in sleep. All our …Sleep is nothing but a counterfeit death. What happens in death we can picture in sleep. All our sufferings vanish in sleep. When death comes, all our mortal tortures cease; they cannot go beyond the portals of death.

Death

This life is not man's own show; if he becomes personally and emotionally involved in the very …This life is not man's own show; if he becomes personally and emotionally involved in the very complicated cosmic drama, he reaps inevitable suffering for having distorted the divine 'plot.'

Emotions Personality