Quotes by Suffering Pain I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape. Charles Dickens suffering-pain broken expectations Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. Kami Garcia suffering-pain teaching heart For suffering and enduring there is no remedy, but striving and doing. Thomas Carlyle pain-and-suffering suffering-pain strive The truth that many people never understand until it is too late is that the more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer. Thomas Merton suffering-pain world-suffering people