First of all, do any of you here think it's a crime to help a suffering human end his agony? Any of you think it is? Say so right now. Well, then, what are we doing here?
Jack Kevorkian

My intent was to carry out my duty as a doctor, to end their suffering. Unfortunately, that entailed, in their cases, ending of the life.
Jack Kevorkian

Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.
Princess Diana

Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from over mistakes. To make it right, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, without it, there is no way of life.
Angelina Jolie

Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.
Erich Fromm

More than ever before, Americans are suffering from back problems: back taxes, back rent, back auto payments.
Robert Orben

We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions; and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity.
Benjamin Disraeli

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
Benjamin Disraeli

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.
Rita Mae Brown

Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is invoking, only the witness of a spirit to an statement you wish to make.
John Ruskin

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
Bertrand Russell

Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects.
John Kenneth Galbraith

The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.
Saint Ignatius

True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
Saint Ignatius

How little remains of the man I once was, save the memory of him! But remembering is only a new form of suffering.
Charles Baudelaire

I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the abuse and suffering of animals.
Richard Pryor

The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.
Norman Mailer

Wisdom comes alone through suffering.
Aeschylus

There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually.
Aeschylus

Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.
Aeschylus