There is the solitude of suffering, when you go through darkness that is lonely, intense, and terrible. Words become powerless to express your pain; what others hear from your words is so distant and different from what you are actually suffering.
- John O'donohue
"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"
Quotations
Pain
When you let go of past pain, believe in yourself, and follow your dreams—you can find true happiness!
-Casi McLean
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.
-Kenji Miyazawa
Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills. We feel a thousand miseries till we are lucky enough to feel misery.
-Samuel Taylor Coleridge
There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.
-Fernando Pessoa
"The Book of Disquiet"
If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven’t been born yet.
-Neil Simon
Speak not harshly to anyone. Those thus addressed will retort. Painful, indeed, is vindictive speech. Blows in exchange may bruise you.
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada 133"
Pain will come with time, but time will heal the pain.
-Anthony Liccione
Pain and beauty, our constant bedfellows.
-Nick Bantock
"Griffin and Sabine"
Pain will leave you, when you let go.
-Jeremy Aldana
