We're programmed for suffering, not joy. The masochism is built in at a very early age. You're supposed to work and suffer - and the trouble is: you believe it.
— Erica Jong
To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.
— Viktor E. Frankl
Unnecessary suffering is masochistic rather than heroic.
— Viktor E. Frankl
suffer unnecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.