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"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding."

"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Pain, Understanding, Poet, Khalil Gibran

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"If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret."

"If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret."

Jim Carrey, Canadian Comedian

Pain, Regret, Uncertainty

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"It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure."

"It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure."

Marquis de Sade, French Novelist

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"But, then again, I had to stop because there was too much pain or too much trouble. After I retired I still had one more elbow surgery just to be able to do normal things."

"But, then again, I had to stop because there was too much pain or too much trouble. After I retired I still had one more elbow surgery just to be able to do normal things."

Richard Krajicek, Dutch Athlete

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"Pain is a gift. Instead of avoiding it, learn to embrace it and grow from it."

"Pain is a gift. Instead of avoiding it, learn to embrace it and grow from it."

Osho, Indian Philosopher

29

"Pain is a crucial part of our reality; it awakens a person from a mental stupor. A person must never be afraid to discover where their pain originates, follow pain to where it emanates from, learn from its messages, and reject the mindless business and busyness of contemporary culture in order to fuel an artistic vision of the self."

"Pain is a crucial part of our reality; it awakens a person from a mental stupor. A person must never be afraid to discover where their pain originates, follow pain to where it emanates from, learn from its messages, and reject the mindless business and busyness of contemporary culture in order to fuel an artistic vision of the self."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Pain, Reality, Discovery, Learning

27

"My painting carries with it the message of pain."

"My painting carries with it the message of pain."

Frida Kahlo, Mexican Artist

26

"A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it."

"A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

25

"A babe at the breast is as much pleasure as the bearing is pain."

"A babe at the breast is as much pleasure as the bearing is pain."

Marion Zimmer Bradley, American Writer

25

"Tragedy cleans the windows of the soul by washing away the bias of our lives in the detergent of pain."

"Tragedy cleans the windows of the soul by washing away the bias of our lives in the detergent of pain."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Pain, Truth, Inspirational, Regret

25

"I reached up with my finger and traced the scar over my eyebrow, remembering when that was the greatest hurt I'd ever known."

"I reached up with my finger and traced the scar over my eyebrow, remembering when that was the greatest hurt I'd ever known."

Sarah Dessen, American Author

Pain, Memory, Hurt, Past

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"Our stories are different; our pain is the same."

"Our stories are different; our pain is the same."

Betty Buckley, American Actress

23

"To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain."

"To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain."

Holly Near, American Musician

Pain, Sensitivity, State, Wonder

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"The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators."

"The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators."

Thomas B. Macaulay, English Historian

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"Nothing cuts a neural route faster through the brain then a pinch of pain. Periods of unhappiness penetrate and scar the brain. Experiencing intense periods of unpleasantness incites us to grow. If we can bunt the destructive forces of extreme pain and embrace its forceful impact for its educational value, experiencing profound pain causes us to appreciate the pleasure of simply living in the moment, enjoying each blade of grass in nature's glorious bouts of beauty."

"Nothing cuts a neural route faster through the brain then a pinch of pain. Periods of unhappiness penetrate and scar the brain. Experiencing intense periods of unpleasantness incites us to grow. If we can bunt the destructive forces of extreme pain and embrace its forceful impact for its educational value, experiencing profound pain causes us to appreciate the pleasure of simply living in the moment, enjoying each blade of grass in nature's glorious bouts of beauty."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Pain, Growth, Unhappiness, Learning

22

"I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain."

"I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain."

Carol Leifer, American Comedian

22

"Sheep hurt my father, and through my father, sheep have also hurt me."

"Sheep hurt my father, and through my father, sheep have also hurt me."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Pain, Hurt, Family, Humanity

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"Pain is a teacher; suffering is a choice."

"Pain is a teacher; suffering is a choice."

Osho, Indian Philosopher

21

"It is a pain in the ass waiting around for someone to try to kill you."

"It is a pain in the ass waiting around for someone to try to kill you."

Roger Zelazny, American Writer

20

"The pain was considerable, but trivial compared with my mental state."

"The pain was considerable, but trivial compared with my mental state."

Harold Lloyd, American Actor

20

"Anger-pride-deceit-greed; they are the ones giving you pain and only they are your enemies. There is no other enemy out there. There is only a nimit (evidentiary doer) outside. Wrong vision makes you accuse the nimit. When you attain the right belief (samkit), know that you have found the solution."

"Anger-pride-deceit-greed; they are the ones giving you pain and only they are your enemies. There is no other enemy out there. There is only a nimit (evidentiary doer) outside. Wrong vision makes you accuse the nimit. When you attain the right belief (samkit), know that you have found the solution."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Pain, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Inspirational

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"I paint because it hurts not to. Pain is in the word painting."

"I paint because it hurts not to. Pain is in the word painting."

Marta Gottfried, American Author

Pain, Painting, Word

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"Elvis was rock'n'roll. He came from the poverty and the pain."

"Elvis was rock'n'roll. He came from the poverty and the pain."

Link Wray, American Musician

19

"I was taught that pain is bad."

"I was taught that pain is bad."

Keith Miller, American Author

19

"Pain is never permanent."

"Pain is never permanent."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

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"For we are born in other's pain, and perish in our own."

"For we are born in other's pain, and perish in our own."

Francis Thompson, English Poet

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"Sooner or later the arm goes bad. It has to... Sooner or later you have to start pitching in pain."

"Sooner or later the arm goes bad. It has to... Sooner or later you have to start pitching in pain."

Whitey Ford, American Athlete

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"Bruce Willis. Pain in my ass, no problem about that. We just didn't get along. We got along off camera, but shooting we just didn't get along."

"Bruce Willis. Pain in my ass, no problem about that. We just didn't get along. We got along off camera, but shooting we just didn't get along."

Antoine Fuqua, American Director

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"And yet I think of Christopher Reeve who said he would pay two million dollars to be able to feel pain again. What a courageous man! So I have to think that pain is a blessing."

"And yet I think of Christopher Reeve who said he would pay two million dollars to be able to feel pain again. What a courageous man! So I have to think that pain is a blessing."

Ricardo Montalban, Mexican Actor

18

"Ali had a break that was an inch and a half long, and you keep getting hit as hard and as much as I hit Ali, the pain would take over and you would pass out."

"Ali had a break that was an inch and a half long, and you keep getting hit as hard and as much as I hit Ali, the pain would take over and you would pass out."

Ken Norton, American Athlete

18

"I believe that everybody comes from pain and a certain amount of dysfunction."

"I believe that everybody comes from pain and a certain amount of dysfunction."

Mariel Hemingway, American Actress

18

"Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever."

"Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever."

Lance Armstrong, American Athlete

18

"As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain."

"As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain."

Dan O'Brien, American Athlete

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"The wages of pedantry is pain."

"The wages of pedantry is pain."

Carroll O'Connor, American Actor

18

"To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!"

"To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!"

Charlie Chaplin, English Actor

18

"Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever."

"Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever."

Lance Armstrong, American Athlete

Pain, Day, May, Will

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"Ordinarily pleasure and pain are regarded as different from sensations."

"Ordinarily pleasure and pain are regarded as different from sensations."

Ernst Mach, Austrian Physicist

Pain, Pleasure, Sensations

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"Pain's not bad, it's good. It teaches you things. I understand that."

"Pain's not bad, it's good. It teaches you things. I understand that."

Charles Manson, American Criminal

17

"We all have to face pain, and pain makes us grow."

"We all have to face pain, and pain makes us grow."

James Taylor, American Musician

17

"Thresholds of pain, indignity and incapacity are entirely personal."

"Thresholds of pain, indignity and incapacity are entirely personal."

Polly Toynbee, English Journalist

17

"He wasn't yours to get hurt by. He was someone else's and you knew that, so why are you offended? What right do you have to be hurt when you were a part of the deception (lying by omission)?"

"He wasn't yours to get hurt by. He was someone else's and you knew that, so why are you offended? What right do you have to be hurt when you were a part of the deception (lying by omission)?"

Donna Lynn Hope, Jamaican Author

Pain, Hurt, Deception, Ownership, Responsibility

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"I meditate a lot, but I am constantly in pain. I'm trying to live with this. You just have to accept it."

"I meditate a lot, but I am constantly in pain. I'm trying to live with this. You just have to accept it."

Roy Horn, German Entertainer

17

"Sometimes it seems that to exit this world, they must go through my heart, leaving me scarred and sore."

"Sometimes it seems that to exit this world, they must go through my heart, leaving me scarred and sore."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Pain, Heart, Emotion, Suffering

17

"Long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain."

"Long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain."

Malcolm Lowry, English Poet

16

"The limit of every pain is an even greater pain."

"The limit of every pain is an even greater pain."

Emile M. Cioran, Romanian Philosopher

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"I don't think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it."

"I don't think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it."

Arthur Golden, American Writer

16

"I'll never know why it was important to him that the couple (he said it later that he'd never seen them before) would take a picture of the whole Mr. Johnson back to Little Rock.He must have been tired of being crippled, as prisoners tire of penitentiary bars and the guilty tire of blame. The high topped shoes and the cane, his uncontrollable muscles and thick tongue, and the looks he suffered of either contempt or pity had simply worn him out, and for one afternoon, one part of an afternoon, he wanted no part of them.I understood and felt closer to him at that moment than ever before or since."

"I'll never know why it was important to him that the couple (he said it later that he'd never seen them before) would take a picture of the whole Mr. Johnson back to Little Rock.He must have been tired of being crippled, as prisoners tire of penitentiary bars and the guilty tire of blame. The high topped shoes and the cane, his uncontrollable muscles and thick tongue, and the looks he suffered of either contempt or pity had simply worn him out, and for one afternoon, one part of an afternoon, he wanted no part of them.I understood and felt closer to him at that moment than ever before or since."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Pain, Disability, Humanity, Freedom

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"Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again."

"Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again."

Bret Harte, American Author

16

"Pain, unless it is physical, was sold to you (by your culture)."

"Pain, unless it is physical, was sold to you (by your culture)."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Pain, Society, Truth, Wisdom, Power

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"My spine healed incorrectly. There were long periods when I'd be perfectly all right, and then there were many other times when I wasn't, when my back would give out and throw me down to the floor amid waves of nauseating pain."

"My spine healed incorrectly. There were long periods when I'd be perfectly all right, and then there were many other times when I wasn't, when my back would give out and throw me down to the floor amid waves of nauseating pain."

Dick York, American Actor

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