pain quotes from influential philosophers, authors and people
"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment."
6
"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality."
17
"Only time can heal what reason cannot."
23
"While we are postponing, life speeds by."
24
"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness."
27
"The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers."
55
"We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them."
62
"The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom."
89
"Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life."
95
"Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance."
305
"Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt. We experience it as an energy field radiating from a work-in-potential. It's a repelling force. It's negative. Its aim is to shove us away, distract us, prevent us from doing our work."
306
"Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point."
87
"..the initial stages of learning a skill invariably involve tedium. Yet rather than avoiding this inevitable tedium, you must accept and embrace it. The pain and boredom we experience in the initial stage of learning a skill toughens our minds, much like physical exercise."
137
"Too many people believe that everything must be pleasurable in life, which makes them constantly search for distractions and short-circuits the learning process. The pain is a kind of challenge your mind presents- will you lean how to focus and move past the boredom, or like a child will you succumb to the need for immediate pleasure and distraction?"
138
"When you turn your back on the voices of those who are in pain and who are angry, you breed hate. Love is the way out, not hate."
284
"New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings."
540
"Learning is not child’s play; we cannot learn without pain."
593
"I dream my painting and I paint my dream."
756
"There is no light without dark. There is no joy without pain."
798
"Whereas the beautiful is limited, the sublime is limitless, so that the mind in the presence of the sublime, attempting to imagine what it cannot, has pain in the failure but pleasure in contemplating the immensity of the attempt."
974
"Truth is mysterious, elusive, always to be conquered. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to live with as it is elating. We must march toward these two goals, painfully but resolutely, certain in advance of our failings on so long a road."
1051
"The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have."
1066
"Pain is an inextricable thread in the fabric of life, and to tear it out is not only impossible, but destructive: attempting to tear it out unravels everything else with it. To try to avoid pain is to give too many fucks about pain. In contrast, if you’re able to not give a fuck about the pain, you become unstoppable."
1157
"Being open with your insecurities paradoxically makes you more confident and charismatic around others. The pain of honest confrontation is what generates the greatest trust and respect in your relationships. Suffering through your fears and anxieties is what allows you to build courage and perseverance."
1165