“Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?”
— John Keats“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.”
— Marcus Aurelius“There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.'No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.”
— Dalai Lama XIV“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.”
— Lance Armstrong Sally Jenkins“Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.”
— Wendelin Van Draanen“A photograph shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy.”
— Amit Kalantri“The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.”
— Ernest Hemingway“One wordFrees us of all the weight and pain of life:That word is love.”
— Sophocles“A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.”
— Shannon l. Alder“I just looked at her, feeling utterly empty. I didn’t know what I was supposed to say to her. ”
— Maggie Stiefvater“You get use to someone—start to like them, even—and they leave. In the end, everyone leaves.”
— Rachel Ward“Remembering. Forgetting. I'm not sure which is worse.”
— Kelley Armstrong“I love you beyond paint, beyond melodies, beyond words. And I hope you will always feel that, even when I'm not around to tell you so.”
— Kiera Cass“Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”
— William Goldman“Sleep my little baby-ohSleep until you wakenWhen you wake you'll see the worldIf I'm not mistaken...Kiss a loverDance a measure,Find your nameAnd buried treasure...Face your lifeIts pain, Its pleasure,Leave no path untaken.”
— Neil Gaiman“Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.”
— Alexandre Dumas“When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.”
— Alexandre Dumas“There's a sorrow and pain in everyone's life, but every now and then there's a ray of light that melts the loneliness in your heart and brings comfort like hot soup and a soft bed.”
— Hubert Selby Jr.“The demon that you can swallow gives you its power, and the greater life’s pain, the greater life’s reply.”
— Joseph Campbell“Try to exclude the possibility of suffering which the order of nature and the existence of free-wills involve, and you find that you have excluded life itself.”
— C.S. Lewis“..because never in my life have I ever been picked when there was another alternative.”
— Jasmine Warga“The true definition of mental illness is when the majority of your time is spent in the past or future, but rarely living in the realism of NOW.”
— Shannon L. Alder“This worldthat was our homefor a brief spellnever brought us anythingbut pain and grief;its a shame that not one of our problemswas ever solved.We departwith a thousand regretsin our hearts.”
— Omar Khayyám“That's all you can do in this world, no matter how strong the current beats against you, or how heavy your burden, or how tragic your love story. You keep going.”
— Robyn Schneider“If consumption is a main goal in life, labor has become a painful gate to buying things, which are often unnecessary or totally useless. Sorry, insufficient funds, goodbye!.”
— Erik Pevernagie“CLEMENTINE: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon.JOEL: I know.CLEMENTINE: What do we do?JOEL: Enjoy it.”
— Charlie Kaufman“I want to paint the rest of my days with the best colors.”
— Debasish Mridha“The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death.”
— Emil Cioran“Strong souls face painful tragedies because the universe honours their strength by pulling out its most fearsome weapons against them.”
— Shunya“The smell of the sweat is not sweet, but the fruit of the sweat is very sweet.”
— Amit Kalantri“When we like something too much, a part of us wants to keep them forever in our 'wishlist' because we know that when wishes comes true, they lose their charm.”
— Shunya“Vulnerability is the least celebrated emotion in our society”
— Mohadesa Najumi“to have great pain is to have certainty; to hear that another person has pain is to have doubt.”
— Elaine Scarry“Do you know where your breakthrough begins? Your breakthrough begins where your excuses ends.”
— Patience Johnson“What do people mean when they say, 'I am not afraid of God because I know He is good'? Have they never even been to a dentist?”
— C.S. Lewis“I decided I would fill the emptiness in me with God and with paint.”
— Kimberly Novosel“Disasters work like alarm clocks to the world, hence God allows them. They are shouting, 'Wake up! Love! Pray!”
— Criss Jami“I wrestled through many sleepless nights after God became real to me. I can only describe this period of my life as 2 years of mental agony.”
— C.L. Cagan“Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.”
— Criss Jami“May be its mine bad-luck Or yours not to get me But I still have hope Of being yours”
— Hasil Paudyal“Only knowledge can turn life's unbearableness into a weapon.”
— Yukio Mishima“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
— Oprah Winfrey“Sometimes we have to soak ourselves in the tears and fears of the past to water our future gardens.”
— Suzy Kassem“We all have scars, Mia; they are supposed to make you stronger, not paralyze you.” ~Cole”
— Tina Carreiro“Bravery is the choice to show up and listen to another person, be it a loved one or perceived foe, even when it is uncomfortable, painful, or the last thing you want to do.”
— Alaric Hutchinson“Never shy away from telling those you love how you feel about them.You will never know if you will have another chance...”
— Ahmad Ardalan“THREE BASIC TRUTHSThree things have a limited threshold: Time, pain, and death.While truth, love, and knowledge –Are boundless.Three things are needed For humanity to co-exist:Truth, peace and basic needs.Everything else -Is irrelevant.”
— Suzy Kassem“Every broken heart has screamed at one time or another: Why can't you see who I truly am?”
— Shannon L. Alder“You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning is only clear thorough the search.”
— Rick Riordan“Some days I wake upand all I feelare the fracturesin the flesh that coversthe only meI've ever known.Some days,it's those exact fissuresthat let the lighthiding inside mepour outand coverin goldeveryonethat found enough beautyin the cracksto standclose.”
— Tyler Knott Gregson