“When you are around people who are really suffering, you get to experience some of their suffering and that can make you stronger in your faith.”

“Look around. And don't get close to people who make you suffer.”

“If you can have faith in your real self, you'll suffer less. Be bold about who you really are.”

“When you say something really unkind, when you do something in retaliation your anger increases. You make the other person suffer, and he will try hard to say or to do something back to get relief from his suffering. That is how conflict escalates.”

“If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire.”

“The times when you are suffering can be those when you are most open, and where you are extremely vulnerable can be where you greatest strength really lies.Say to yourself: ‘I am not going to run away from this suffering. I want to use it in the best and richest way I can, so that I can become more compassionate and more helpful to others.’Suffering, after all, can teach us about compassion. If you suffer you will know how it is when others suffer. And if you are in a position to help others, it is through your suffering that you will find the understanding and compassion to do so.”