„He suffers from one great literary defect, which is often found in lonely geniuses: he never knows when to stop.“

— W. H. Auden

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„Who can attain to anything great if he does not feel in himself the force and will to inflict great pain? The ability to suffer is a small matter: in that line, weak women and even slaves often attain masterliness. But not to perish from internal distress and doubt when one inflicts great suffering and hears the cry of it — that is great, that belongs to greatness.“
— Friedrich Nietzsche
„Defeat exists but not suffering. A true warrior knows that when he loses a battle, he is improving the skill with which he wields a sword. He will be able to fight more skilfullly next time.“
— Paulo Coelho
„He looked about thirty, thin, rather above average height, exaggeratedly bent over when seated but less so when he stood up, dressed with a certain negligence, which was not entirely negligence. On his pale, uninteresting face an air of suffering did not stir interest, although it was difficult to define what kind of suffering that air — it seemed to suggest several kinds: privation, anguish, and a suffering born from the indifference of having suffered a great deal.“
— Fernando Pessoa
„Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead.“
— Tennessee Williams
„We must suffer to the end, to the moment when we stop believing in suffering.“
— Emil M. Cioran
„When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.“
— Thich Nhat Hanh
„No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be.“
— Bram Stoker