There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.
-Fernando Pessoa
"The Book of Disquiet"
Quotations
Pain
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"
Speak not harshly to anyone. Those thus addressed will retort. Painful, indeed, is vindictive speech. Blows in exchange may bruise you.
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada 133"
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
Best way to get rid of pain is to have some more of it....you will feel better!!
-Anonymous
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain and play with it.
-Charlie Chaplin
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
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
-Anonymous
You’d think that silence would be peaceful. But really, it’s painful.
-David Levithan
"Will Grayson, Will Grayson"
