Suffering

Suffering

Suffering, or pain in a broad sense, is an experience of unpleasantness and aversion associated with the perception of harm or threat of harm in an individual. Suffering is the basic element that makes up the negative valence of affective phenomena.

Read more about Suffering.

Famous quotes containing the word suffering:

    “Concerning God, freewill and destiny:
    Of all that earth has been or yet may be,
    All that vain men imagine or believe,
    Or hope can paint or suffering may achieve,
    We descanted.”
    —Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

    “Only those who have endured the greatest suffering can become the greatest people.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)