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Pain Quotes

"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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"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

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

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

Frida Kahlo, Mexican Artist

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"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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"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

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"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

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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

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"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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"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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"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

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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

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"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

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

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

Osho, Indian Philosopher

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"The wages of pedantry is pain."

"The wages of pedantry is pain."

Carroll O'Connor, American Actor

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"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

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"I was taught that pain is bad."

"I was taught that pain is bad."

Keith Miller, American Author

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"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

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

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

Betty Buckley, American Actress

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"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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"Pain is never permanent."

"Pain is never permanent."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

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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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"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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"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

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"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

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"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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"Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be constant companions."

"Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be constant companions."

Pierre Charron, French Philosopher

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"Tragedy delights by affording a shadow of the pleasure which exists in pain."

"Tragedy delights by affording a shadow of the pleasure which exists in pain."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

Pain, Pleasure, Shadow, Tragedy

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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

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"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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"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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"Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever."

"Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever."

Lance Armstrong, American Athlete

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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

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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

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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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"I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water."

"I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water."

Amy Tan, American Novelist

Pain, Water, Years

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"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

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

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

Polly Toynbee, English Journalist

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"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

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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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"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

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"Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain."

"Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain."

Hugh Prather, American Author

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"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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"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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"And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o'er silent seas again."

"And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o'er silent seas again."

Thomas Moore, Irish Poet

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"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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