The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer - Thomas Merton
Quote
‘The truth that many people never understand, is that the more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt'
Author
Thomas Merton expressed in his autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain.
Reference
The Antidote - Happiness for people who cant stand positive thinking - Oliver Burkeman