Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills. We feel a thousand miseries till we are lucky enough to feel misery.
-Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"
There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.
-Fernando Pessoa
"The Book of Disquiet"
You’d think that silence would be peaceful. But really, it’s painful.
-David Levithan
"Will Grayson, Will Grayson"
If life is a journey then let my soul travel and share your pain.
-Santosh Kalwar
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain and play with it.
-Charlie Chaplin
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 and beauty, our constant bedfellows.
-Nick Bantock
"Griffin and Sabine"
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
