Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
-Anonymous
Quotations
Pain
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"
If life is a journey then let my soul travel and share your pain.
-Santosh Kalwar
The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart.
-Jacqueline Carey
"Kushiel's Chosen"
Pain is sometimes the cost of a meaningful existence. I can handle that.
-Jeb Dickerson
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain and play with it.
-Charlie Chaplin
There’s nothing more painful than remembering something happy while you are distressed.
-Dante Alighieri
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
-Aristotle
If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven’t been born yet.
-Neil Simon
Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
-Leo Tolstoy
