Quotes by Suffering Although you may not always be able to avoid difficult situations,you can modify the extent to which you can suffer by how you choose to respond to the situation. Dalai Lama difficult-situationssufferinginspirational Suffering increases your inner strength. Also, the wishing for suffering makes the suffering disappear. Dalai Lama inner-strengthsufferingwish It is not just a person's physical constitution, their intellegence, their education, or even their social conditioning that enables them to withstand hardship. Much more significant is their inner development. And while some may be able to survive through sheer willpower, the ones who suffer the least are those who have a high degree of patience and courage in the face of adversity. Dalai Lama degreesadversitysuffering When we encounter suffering, it is important to respond w/ compassion rather than to question the politics of those we help. Dalai Lama importantcompassionsuffering We are all basically the same human beings, who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering. Everybody is my peer group. Your feeling "I am of no value" is wrong. Absolutely wrong. Dalai Lama essencesufferingfeelings Under the bright sun, many of us are gathered together with different languages, different styles of dress, even different faiths. However, all of us are the same in being humans, and we all uniquely have the thought of 'I' and we're all the same in wanting happiness and in wanting to avoid suffering. Dalai Lama styleegosuffering If others are happy, we will be happy. If others suffer, ultimately we all suffer. Dalai Lama helping-otherssufferinghelping Whether we like it or not, we have all been born into this world as part of one great human family. Rich or poor, educated or uneducated, belonging to one nation or another, to one religion or another, adhering to this ideology or that, ultimately each of is just a human being like everyone else. We all desire happiness and do not want suffering. Dalai Lama rich-or-poorsufferingdesire I think the person who has had more experience of hardships can stand more firmly in the face of problems than the person who has never experienced suffering. From this angle then, some suffering can be a good lesson for life. Dalai Lama hardshipsufferingthinking External circumstances can contribute to one's happiness and well-being, but ultimately happiness and suffering depend on the mind. Dalai Lama sufferingcircumstancesmind Within the framework of the Buddhist Path, reflecting on suffering has tremendous importance because -realizing the nature of suffering, you will develop greater resolve to put an end to the causes of suffering and the unwholesome deeds which lead to suffering. And it will increase your enthusiasm for engaging in the wholesome actions and deeds which lead to happiness and joy. Dalai Lama buddhistsufferingjoy The three types of misery are the misery of suffering, the misery of change, and pervasive misery. Dalai Lama threechangesuffering Compassion is the wish to see others free from suffering. Dalai Lama compassionsufferingwish No matter what part of the world we come from, we are all basically the same human beings. We all seek happiness and try to avoid suffering. We have the same basic human needs and concerns. All of us human beings want freedom and the right to determine our own destiny as individuals and as peoples. That is human nature. Dalai Lama destinysufferingtrying It is important not to allow ourselves to be put off by the magnitude of others' suffering. The misery of millions is not a cause for pity. Rather it is a cause for compassion. Dalai Lama importantcompassionsuffering Our attitude towards suffering becomes very important because it can affect how we cope with suffering when it arises. Dalai Lama importantsufferingattitude Just as you have the instinctive natural desire to be happy and overcome suffering, so do all sentient beings; just as you have the right to fulfill this innate aspiration, so do all sentient beings. So on what exact grounds do you discriminate? Dalai Lama sufferingovercomingdesire We must recognize that the suffering of one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity. Dalai Lama sufferinghumanityinspirational We are social animals. Others' suffering is ultimately your suffering; their happiness is ultimately your happiness. Dalai Lama socialsufferinganimal (Because) the notion of absolute truth is difficult to sustain outside the context of religion, ethical conduct is not something we engage in because it is somehow right in itself but because, like ourselves, all others desire to be happy and to avoid suffering. Given that this is a natural disposition, shared by all, it follows that each individual has a right to pursue this goal. Accordingly, I suggest that one of the things which determines whether an act is ethical or not is its effect on others' experience or expectation of happiness. Dalai Lama goalsufferingexpectations«3637383940414243444546»
