You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.

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All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

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The fact is I think I am a verb instead of a personal pronoun. A verb is anything that signifies to be; to do; or to suffer. I signify all three.

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When the sufferers learn to think, then the thinkers will learn to suffer.

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Talent is nothing without persistence. — Dean Crawford

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This is the core of the human spirit ... If we can find something to live for - if we can find some meaning to put at the center of our lives - even the worst kind of suffering becomes bearable.

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Suffering increases your inner strength. Also, the wishing for suffering makes the suffering disappear. — Dalai Lama

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I never dreamt of success. I worked for it. —Estée Lauder

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Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us but need not scar us for life. It does mark us. What we allow the mark of our suffering to become is in our own hands. ― bell hooks

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Our only reliable source of strength is the goodness of our hearts. Our only foundation for coming to terms with the suffering of the times is our innate need to be decent human beings. — Sakyong Mipham

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