Home » Suffering Suffering 1 It is by suffering that human beings become angels. Victor Hugo Suffering, Angels, Human Add to Collection 2 We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it. Willie Nelson Suffering, Help, Purpose Add to Collection 3 Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity. William Wordsworth Nature, Suffering, Dark Add to Collection 4 If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise. William Butler Yeats Wisdom, Wise, Suffering Add to Collection 5 In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945. Queen Elizabeth II Peace, War, Suffering Add to Collection 6 For any sin, we all suffer. That is why our suffering is endless. Wendell Berry Suffering, Why, Sin Add to Collection 7 Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another. Arthur Schopenhauer Nature, Suffering, Chance Add to Collection 8 The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain. Karl Marx Pain, Suffering, Mental Add to Collection 9 We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival. Winston Churchill Heart, Suffering, Survival Add to Collection