A Quote by Nhat Hanh

When we have anger in us, we suffer. When we have discrimination in us, we suffer. When we have the complex of superiority, we suffer. When we have the complex of inferiority, we suffer also. So when we are capable of transforming these negative things in us, we are free and happiness is possible.

Nhat Hanh

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Nhat Hanh
Vietnamese - Monk
Born: October 11, 1926

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Edith Hamilton

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It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.

Nhat Hanh

Many of us suffer from temptations from which we have no business to suffer.

Oswald Chambers

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If we must suffer, let us suffer nobly.

Victor Hugo

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When people suffer, their relationships usually suffer as well. Period. And we all suffer because, as the Buddha says, that's the nature of being human and wanting stuff we don't always get.