Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
-Anonymous
Quotations
Pain
Pain is sometimes the cost of a meaningful existence. I can handle that.
-Jeb Dickerson
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
Pain and beauty, our constant bedfellows.
-Nick Bantock
"Griffin and Sabine"
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 aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
-Aristotle
There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.
-Fernando Pessoa
"The Book of Disquiet"
Best way to get rid of pain is to have some more of it....you will feel better!!
-Anonymous
The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart.
-Jacqueline Carey
"Kushiel's Chosen"
If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven’t been born yet.
-Neil Simon
