We cannot insulate ourselves from the suffering of others, or the diseases, like Ebola, that they suffer.
She said of her work in an interview with Esso Gallery: "They will be liked greatly by those whom have suffered, and have not known how to save themselves from the suffering".
"Unfortunately, this type of thinking is often inseparable from the suffering," she says.
"From the suffering point of view, cycling and running are about the same".
Despite his sunny nature, he was plagued by nightmares from the suffering he saw during the war.
We were, on occasion, accused of profiting from the suffering of others; an unfair charge, but not an illogical one.
But to many if not most people, there's something distasteful, even offensive, about profiting from the suffering of others, especially so for the protesters occupying Zuccotti Park.
Apart from the suffering this inflicted on both sides, the intifada destroyed the morale of Israel's peace camp and smashed the electoral prospects of Ehud Barak's Labour Party.
This misplaced focus said a lot about our political culture, in particular about how disconnected Congress is from the suffering of ordinary Americans.
He referred to it as a "strange hope" that had sprung from the suffering of his patients and the loss and abandonment of his fellow staff members.
The image of Rajoy, who rarely sees life beyond La Moncloa, as a man isolated from the suffering of average Spaniards is hard to avoid.
