„Evil is the conscious desire to produce suffering where suffering is not necessary“

— Jordan Peterson

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„The cross is not random suffering, but necessary suffering. The cross is not suffering that stems from natural existence; it is the suffering that comes from being Christian.“
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
„To suffer is to produce knowledge.“
— Emil M. Cioran
„Suffering willingly endured is stronger than evil, it spells death to evil.“
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
„Suffering comes from desire, not from pain.“
— Paulo Coelho
„If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire.“
— Thich Nhat Hanh
„The good suffer, the evil flourish, and all that is mortal passes away.“
— Cassandra Clare
„There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.“
— Socrates
„Compassion refers to the arising in the heart of the desire to relieve the suffering of all beings.“
— Ram Dass