Quotes by Suffering Suffering begins to dissolve when we can question the belief or the hope that there's anywhere to hide. Pema Chodron buddhismacceptancesuffering Most spiritual experiences begin with suffering. They begin with groundlessness. They begin when the rug has been pulled out from under us. Pema Chodron has-beenssufferingspiritual If I had to imagine omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent power in the universe that chose to make my mother suffer, I don't know how I would make that make sense in the universe. Penn Jillette imaginesufferingmother It isn't the things that happen to us in our lives that cause us to suffer, it's how we relate to the things that happen to us that causes us to suffer. Pema Chodron perspectivesufferingspiritual The suffering of the Bahamian people is nearly ended. A new day is coming. It is almost here. Perry Christie sufferingpeoplenew-day As human beings, not only do we seek resolution, but we also feel that we deserve resolution. However, not only do we not deserve resolution, we suffer from resolution. We don't deserve resolution; we deserve something better than that. We deserve our birthright, which is the middle way, an open state of mind that can relax with paradox and ambiguity. Pema Chodron buddhistsufferingmind Come back to square one, just the minimum bare bones. Relaxing with the present moment, relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing with death, not resisting the fact that things end, that things pass, that things have no lasting substance, that everything is changing all the time-that is the basic message. Pema Chodron buddhismsquaressuffering For there are deeds which have no form, sufferings which have no tongue. Percy Bysshe Shelley deedscompassionsuffering We insist on being Someone, with a capital S. We get security from defining ourselves as worthless or worthy, superior or inferior. We waste precious time exaggerating or romanticizing or belittling ourselves with a complacent surety that yes, that’s who we are. We mistake the openness of our being—the inherent wonder and surprise of each moment—for a solid, irrefutable self. Because of this misunderstanding, we suffer. Pema Chodron sufferingselfmistake Sometimes suffering is a weird attraction. Pete Docter attractionsufferingsometimes The first noble truth of the Buddha is that when we feel suffering, it doesn’t mean that something is wrong. What a relief. Pema Chodron reliefsufferingmean All suffering goes just as it came. So it is with the glories and tragedies of the world. Paulo Coelho inspirationsufferinglife If there is suffering, then it's best to accept it, because it won't go away just because you pretend it's not there. If there is joy, then it's best to accept that too, even though you're afraid it might end one day. Paulo Coelho going-awaysufferingjoy All we have to do is understand that we're all here for a reason and to commit ourselves to that. Then we can laugh at our sufferings, large and small and walk fearlessly, aware that each step has meaning Paulo Coelho sufferingstepslaughing Somehow, in the process of trying to deny that things are always changing, we lose our sense of the sacredness of life. We tend to forget that we are part of the natural scheme of things. Pema Chodron buddhismsufferingwork Those who inflict must suffer, for they see The work of their own hearts, and this must be Our chastisement or recompense. Percy Bysshe Shelley sufferingworkheart The second noble truth states that we must discover why we are suffering. We must cultivate the courage to look deeply, with clarity and courage, into our own suffering. We often hold the tacit assumption that all of our suffering stems from events in the past. But, whatever the initial seed of trauma, the deeper truth is that our suffering is more closely a result of how we deal with the effect these past events have on us in the present. Peter A. Levine sufferinglookspast My neighbour, or my servant, or my child, has done me an injury, and it is just that he should suffer an injury in return. Such is the doctrine which Jesus Christ summoned his whole resources of persuasion to oppose. Percy Bysshe Shelley sufferingchildrenjesus The second noble truth says that this resistance is the...mechanism of what we call ego, that resisting life causes suffering. Pema Chodron egonoblesuffering Love is, after all, a curse of suffering. Paulo Coelho cursesufferinglove-is«153154155156157158159160161162163»
