The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
-Aristotle
Quotations
Pain
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
-Anonymous
Pain and joy are like light and darkness; they are two sides of the same medal. They are interdependent and inseparably connected to each other.
-Trinley Thaye Dorje "Gyalwa Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje"
If life is a journey then let my soul travel and share your pain.
-Santosh Kalwar
Speak not harshly to anyone. Those thus addressed will retort. Painful, indeed, is vindictive speech. Blows in exchange may bruise you.
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada 133"
You’d think that silence would be peaceful. But really, it’s painful.
-David Levithan
"Will Grayson, Will Grayson"
If carefully seen, when shocked or hurt, if you are able to express your feelings,
you are relieved of it and the same when mistakenly suppressed; then that pain
in its perverted form becomes your destiny.
-Deep Trivedi
When you let go of past pain, believe in yourself, and follow your dreams—you can find true happiness!
-Casi McLean
Best way to get rid of pain is to have some more of it....you will feel better!!
-Anonymous
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain and play with it.
-Charlie Chaplin
