There’s nothing more painful than remembering something happy while you are distressed.
-Dante Alighieri
Quotations
Pain
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 leave you, when you let go.
-Jeremy Aldana
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
-Anonymous
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"
The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart.
-Jacqueline Carey
"Kushiel's Chosen"
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain and play with it.
-Charlie Chaplin
If life is a journey then let my soul travel and share your pain.
-Santosh Kalwar
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
Pain is sometimes the cost of a meaningful existence. I can handle that.
-Jeb Dickerson
