Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
-Anonymous
Quotations
Pain
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
-Aristotle
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.
-Kenji Miyazawa
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"
Pain will leave you, when you let go.
-Jeremy Aldana
If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven’t been born yet.
-Neil Simon
When you let go of past pain, believe in yourself, and follow your dreams—you can find true happiness!
-Casi McLean
Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
-Leo Tolstoy
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"
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
