There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.
-Fernando Pessoa
"The Book of Disquiet"
Quotations
Pain
There’s nothing more painful than remembering something happy while you are distressed.
-Dante Alighieri
Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.
-Barbara Kingsolver
"Animal Dreams"
Pain will leave you, when you let go.
-Jeremy Aldana
The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart.
-Jacqueline Carey
"Kushiel's Chosen"
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.
-Kenji Miyazawa
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
-Anonymous
Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
-Leo Tolstoy
Best way to get rid of pain is to have some more of it....you will feel better!!
-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"
