More quotations tagged with “pain”
Love's scary, and sometimes it's transient. But it's worth the risks and the nerves. It's even worth the pain.
—Nora Roberts in Vision in White
The pain-relieving ingredient—there's always got to be a lot of that. Nobody wants anything less than extra-strength. "Give me the maximum allowable human dosage. Figure out what will kill me, and then back it off a little bit.
—Jerry Seinfeld
It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.
—Arthur Schopenhauer
It seems that it is only the recent West that has deemed it unnecessary to "initiate" young men. Otherwise, culture after culture felt that if the young man were not introduced to "the mysteries," he would not know what to do with his pain and would almost always abuse his power. It looks like they were right.
—Richard Rohr
Life is happening whether you embrace it or not. You need to let go of the past, the pain, whatever holds you back from having a bright life.
—S.L. Scott in Scorned