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 joy are like light and darkness; they are two sides of the same medal. They are interdependent and inseparably connected to each other.
If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven’t been born yet.
-Neil Simon
You’d think that silence would be peaceful. But really, it’s painful.
-David Levithan
"Will Grayson, Will Grayson"
Pain is sometimes the cost of a meaningful existence. I can handle that.
-Jeb Dickerson
Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.
-Barbara Kingsolver
"Animal Dreams"
Pain will come with time, but time will heal the pain.
-Anthony Liccione
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"
There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.
-Fernando Pessoa
"The Book of Disquiet"
The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart.
-Jacqueline Carey
"Kushiel's Chosen"