The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart.
-Jacqueline Carey
"Kushiel's Chosen"
Quotations
Pain
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
-Anonymous
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 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"
Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
-Leo Tolstoy
When you let go of past pain, believe in yourself, and follow your dreams—you can find true happiness!
-Casi McLean
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain and play with it.
-Charlie Chaplin
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.
-Kenji Miyazawa
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
