A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.

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

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Claiming there is no other life in the universe is like scooping up some water, looking at the cup and claiming there are no whales in the ocean.

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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

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I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.

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We suffer a lot the few things we lack and we enjoy too little the many things we have.

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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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The most successful people recognize that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.

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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

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An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. ― Niels Bohr

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