
All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others
– Sharon Salzberg
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- Action cannot destroy ignorance, for it is not in conflict with ignorance. Knowledge alone destroys ignorance, as light destroys dense darkness. – Shankara
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- Never consider another to be the cause of your suffering. Suffering is always the results of one’s own deeds or faults. – SWAMI SHARNANAND JI
- Buddha says there are two kinds of suffering: the kind that leads to more suffering and the kind that brings an end to suffering. – Terry Tempest Williams
- What really arouses indignation against suffering is not suffering as such but the senselessness of suffering… – Friedrich Nietzsche
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