Quotes about pain
pain loneliness home
We do not need to grieve for the dead. Why should we grieve for them? They are now in a place where there is no more shadow, darkness, loneliness, isolation, or pain. They are home. John O'Donohue
pain war wind
In this cry of pain the inner consciousness of the people seems to lay itself bare for an instant, and to reveal the mood of beings who feel their isolation in the face of a universe that wars on them with winds and seas. John Millington Synge
pain growing-up thoughtful
Mere physical growing up, mere mastery of the bare necessities of subsistence will not suffice to reproduce the life of the group. Deliberate effort and the taking of thoughtful pains are required. John Dewey
pain animal immature
The activity of the immature human being is simply played upon to secure habits which are useful. He is trained like an animal rather than educated like a human being. His instincts remain attached to their original objects of pain or pleasure. But to get happiness or to avoid the pain of failure he has to act in a way agreeable to others. John Dewey
pain philosophical space
The existence of pleasure is the first mystery. The existence of pain has prompted far more philosophical speculation. Pleasure and pain need to be considered together; they are inseparable. Yet the space filled by each is perhaps different. Pleasure, defined as a sense of gratification, is essential for nature John Berger
pain thinking anxiety
If you think back to the moments when you've gone through the most pain in your life, or the most severe anxiety, your body is very much involved in that. Your body is expressing those emotions. So, when we, as actors, try to access those feelings, the body is a great tool to use. Joel Kinnaman
pain trying remember
I try to bear pain and not panic. I try to remember that it's got an expiration date, even if I don't know when that expiration date is. And I try to use it as fuel for my work. Joan Osborne
pain thinking perspective
This is something I think that blues music, or folk music, and all those particular genres that have a perspective about life deal with - where the difficulties of life are seen as something that are very natural and nothing to be embarrassed about, and something that we all go through; something that's part of our share of humanity. And it accepts those difficulties and pain as such. I think there's a wonderful forgiveness that can come over you, if you have that perspective on it. Joan Osborne
pain trying
I try to use pain as fuel for my work. Joan Osborne
pain distance healing
The distance runner is mysteriously reconciling the separations of body and mind, of pain and pleasure, of the conscious and the unconscious. He is repairing the rent, and healing the wound in his divided self. He has found a way to make the ordinary extraordinary; the commonplace unique; the everyday eternal. George A. Sheehan
pain frustration goal
Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint. Garry Trudeau
pain moving long
poverty is like a pain, dormant and unbearable as long as you don't move about too much. You grow used to it, you end up by paying no attention to it. But once you presume to bring it out in the daylight, it becomes terrifying, you see it at last in all its squalor and you shrink from exposing it to the sun. Gabrielle Roy
pain feet vanity
The youth who, like a woman, loves to adorn his person, has renounced all claim to wisdom and to glory; glory is due to those only who dare to associate with pain, and have trampled pleasure under their feet. Francois Fenelon
paint bards
I paint the cot, As truth will paint it, and as bards will not. George Crabbe
pain long effort
To show the world what long experience gains, requires not courage, though it calls for pains; but at life's outset to inform mankind is a bold effort of a valiant mind. George Crabbe
pain powerful spring
From powerful causes spring the empiric's gains, Man's love of life, his weakness, and his pains; These first induce him the vile trash to try, Then lend his name, that other men may buy. George Crabbe
pain writing thinking
I like writing, and I enjoy it. It's painful. You can't get around the pain of writing. I'm still trying to balance on what I think is my creative habit. It varies, but I do know that I need to continue. It helps me with my acting, and the writing helps me be invested in a different way. Gbenga Akinnagbe
pain hardship
Everyone has hardship in their life. Everyone has pain. Gayle Forman
pain loss profound
Adam is crying and somewhere inside of me I am crying, too, because I'm feeling things at last. I'm feeling not just the physical pain, but all that I have lost, and it is profound and catastrophic and will leave a crater in me that nothing will ever fill. Gayle Forman
pain one-day scared
Don't be scared...Women can handle the worst kind of pain. You'll find out one day. Gayle Forman
pain self world
Time seemed to suspend itself, or cease altogether. Place faded away. There was only her self, the centre that endured through all times, all events, from the world, from its pain. Timeless, eternal.. Lois Tilton
pain garden soul
When the souls rise up in glory, yours shall not be shunned nor sunderered, but shall be the prize of the gods' gardens. Even your darkness shall be treasured then, and all your pain made holy. Lois McMaster Bujold
pain joy endure
Endure pain, find joy, and make your own meaning, because the universe certainly isn't going to supply it. Lois McMaster Bujold
pain thinking people
I do think, half of what we call madness is just some poor slob dealing with pain by a strategy that annoys the people around him. Lois McMaster Bujold
pain faces embrace
The good face pain. But the great? They embrace it. Lois McMaster Bujold
pain winning disability
But pain... seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain? Lois McMaster Bujold
pain trying lessons
I cry and pray and try to find the positive or the lesson for my pain. Lisa Vidal
pain thinking age
If the purpose of lamentation be to excite pity, it is surely superfluous for age and weakness to tell their plaintive stories; for pity presupposes sympathy, and a little attention will show them, that those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt. Lyndon B. Johnson
pain character feelings
You can over complicate everything with techniques; when you're in the moment, you have to feel that you are that character, that you're feeling the pain or the happiness or whatever it is that they're feeling in that moment. Usually the authenticity will manifest itself. Luke Evans
pain light evil
Lucifer, oh Lucifer, God of evil, you're the god of pain, the darkness is where you find your light. Ludacris
pain alcohol drug
It's a crooked system, but gin straight take the pain away. Ludacris
pain revenge agony
Get through the agony and anger, the pain and strife, and take the necessary steps to try to change my life. Ludacris
pain being-hurt faults
When someone stabs you it's not your fault that you feel pain. Louise Penny