Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering – and it’s all over much too soon. Woody Allen
I can sympathize with everything, except suffering. Oscar Wilde
Man has places in his heart which do not yet exist, and into them enters suffering in order that they may have existence. Leon Bloy
Christianity makes suffering contagious. Friedrich Nietzsche
There is nothing the body suffers that the soul may not profit by. George Meredith
If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist’s office would be full of luminous ideas. Mason Cooley
Suffering isn’t ennobling, recovery is. Christiaan Barnard
It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. Somerset Maugham
The fool learns by suffering. Hesiod
Suffering, once accepted, loses its edge, for the terror of it lessens, and what remains is generally far more manageable than we had imagined. Lesley Hazelton
My children cause me the most exquisite suffering of which I have any experience. Adrienne Rich
Don’t look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you’ll know you’re dead. Tennessee Williams