Why? Why does what was beautiful suddenly shatter in hindsight because it concealed dark truths? Why does the memory of years of happy marriage turn ….

No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god. [Lat., Fortis vero, dolorem summum malu….

Who you are is strong enough to bare your pain.

You see misery, you see misfortune, you see pain, you see suffering. It's all part of the fatalistic way of looking at life..

When there is pain, the animal instinct is 'fight or flight' (i.e., to either strike back or run away) - reflect instead. When you can calm yourself ….

In correct theology, the Virgin ought not to be represented in bed, for she could not suffer like ordinary women, but her palace at Chartres is not m….

In the past, I was definitely more apt to storing pain away and not worrying about it. But as I get older, it's really about figuring out how to proc….

If your enemies see that you grow courageous, and that you will neither be seduced by flatteries nor disheartened by the pains and trials of your jou….

The duty of a philosopher is clear. He must take every pain to ascertain the truth; and, having arrived at a conclusion, he should noise it abroad fa….

What used to keep me up at night was the fact that I didn't know how I was going to pay the rent. Now that I can pay the rent, I'm worrying about peo….

I'm trying..." How could I put it? "I'm trying to get far enough down the line so that I can remember." I stopped, then continued: "so that I can rem….

Love itself is the healing power and the remedy for all pain..

Unkind people imagine themselves to be inflicting pain on someone equally unkind..

Exerting yourself to the limit over and over again, that is the essence of running. Running is painful, but the pain doesn't leave me, I can take car….

My pain is usually caused by some sort of attack on my ego. So usually, pain is an indication of something that, eventually, I'm going to want to tra….

I had a weird, empty feeling inside me. Not a bad sort of empty. It was a sort of lack of sensation, like being in pain for a long time and then sudd….

Meditation on Jesus Christ crucified is a precious balm which sweetens all pains..

Culture makes pain tolerable by interpreting it's necessity; only pain perceived as curable is intolerable..

An adept of Kriya Yoga conquers death by taking the soul beyond identification with the physical body, consciously and at will; and then returning to….

Take the shortest route. The one that nature planned - to speak and act in the healthiest way. Do that, and be free of pain and stress, free of all c….

Great pain, when it is honored from the heart, opens into great understanding..