Many spiritual people are involved in a radical denial of what is happening. They want to transcend it, get rid of it, get out of it, get away from i….

I see at last that all the knowledge I wrung from the darkness - that darkness flung me - Is worthless as ignorance: nothing comes from nothing The d….

Jews are a singular confusion — difficult to define, awkward to describe, impossible to understand. All the virtues, all the vices, every pleasure, e….

This days one must be careful to avoid awakening the pain of another..

Pain was good. If I hurt, it meant I wasn't dead..

The big change that's happened for me in terms of my own life and how outsidership is reflected in my work is that I used to feel extraordinarily iso….

I think there's some evidence that we're empathic by nature. There is some evidence from studies of babies and young children that they resonate with….

Isolating, shutting down, and feeling guilt about pain makes it linger so much longer. Reconnecting, trusting, and being open and honest is really th….

I'd have avoided some of the pain if I could. Anyone would. But I wouldn't have missed knowing any of the people-even the ones whose leaving hurt mos….

If you can imagine missing feeling sad, it's the only thing worse than pain..

Peace of mind just can't be bought. Trust me: Even if your conscience doesn't stop you from playing dirty to get what you want, once you get it, it w….

The only way we can leave the pain or sin from our past is to face it with Christ. For the past cannot be forgotten, it can only be forgiven and rede….

I broke my heart for every gain, to taste the sweet I faced the pain..

Homosexuals reject the process of healing because it's too painful and time-consuming..

True honour is an attachment to honest and beneficent principles, and a good reputation; and prompts a man to do good to others, and indeed to all me….

Jennifer had never liked the pain of remembering what had happened, but for Theo it was the pain that kept Laura alive in his memory. He was afraid t….

The love that you withhold is the pain that you carry..

I mostly want to remind her of the recipes of healing, and give her my own made-on-the spot remedy for the easing of her pain. I tell her, “Get a pen….

When you understand what you see, you will no longer be children. You will know that life is pain, that each of us hangs always upon the cross of him….

Smiling is the best way to face every problem, to crush every fear, to hide every pain..

My soul is a dark ploughed field In the cold rain; My soul is a broken field Ploughed by pain..