Attachment is the source of all suffering.
He who causes suffering shall suffer. There is no escape.
'I've got children', 'I've got wealth.' This is the way a fool brings suffering on himself. He does not even own himself, so how can he have children or wealth?
Only within our body, with its heart and mind, can bondage and suffering be found, and only here can we find true liberation.
Letting go of our suffering is the hardest work we will ever do.
Suffering is wishing things were other than they are.
What's done to the children is done to society.
Pain is certain, suffering is optional.
Whatever suffering there is in this world,all arises from desiring only myself to be happy.And whatever joy there is in this world,all arises from desiring to share my happiness with everyone.
He who is grateful doesn't suffer.
To stop suffering, stop greediness. Greediness is a source of suffering.
Attachment leads to suffering.
Suffering is temporary, enlightenment is forever.
By oneself the evil is done, and it is oneself who suffers: by oneself the evil is not done, and by one's Self one becomes pure.
Those who recognize the existence of suffering, its cause, its remedy, and its cessation, have fathomed the four noble truths. They will walk in the right path.
"All conditioned things are impermanent" - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.
Suffering is an illusion.
I teach about suffering and the way to end it
It is more important to prevent animal suffering, rather than sit to contemplate the evils of the universe praying in the company of priests.
There is a way to be purified, to overcome sorrows and grief, to release suffering, to secure the right path to realize nirvana. This is to be mindful.
Do not think lightly of good, that nothing will come of it. A whole water pot will fill up from dripping drops of water.
I teach one thing and one only: that is, suffering and the end of suffering.
May I hold myself in compassion. May I meet the suffering and ignorance of others with compassion.
Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a polluted mind, suffering will follow you, as the wheels of the oxcart follow the footsteps of the ox. Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a pure mind, happiness will follow you, as a shadow clings to a form.
Thoughtfulness is the way to deathlessness, thoughtlessness the way to death. The thoughtful do not die: the thoughtless are as if dead already.
