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"
Quotations
Pain
-Trinley Thaye Dorje "Gyalwa Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje"
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
-Aristotle
The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart.
-Jacqueline Carey
"Kushiel's Chosen"
Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
-Leo Tolstoy
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.
-Kenji Miyazawa
Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.
-Barbara Kingsolver
"Animal Dreams"
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain and play with it.
-Charlie Chaplin
Best way to get rid of pain is to have some more of it....you will feel better!!
-Anonymous
Pain and beauty, our constant bedfellows.
-Nick Bantock
"Griffin and Sabine"
