I tell of hearts and souls and dances... Butterflies and second chances; Desperate ones and dreamers bound, Seeking life from barren ground, Who suff….

Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional. Physical pain i….

In India the government is very chaotic and poorly run. They are forced into action by public pressure. When it's a larger event, there's a lot more ….

Death is unimportant to a yogi; he does not mind when he is going to die. What happens after death is immaterial to him. He is only concerned with li….

There’s been a problem, a problem eating away at me from the inside out. I’ve become weak, I’ve shown human compassion, and it has weakened me. But n….

I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure..

There is no relationship in life that comes with the promise of zero pain..

Feel, he told himself, feel, feel, feel. Even if what you feel is pain, only let yourself feel..

One of the blessings human beings take for granted is the ability to remember pain without re-feeling it. The pain of the physical wounds is long gon….

The thing we want for all our kids is that they be connected with a learning community and that they have strong social and familial relationships. I….

My suspicion is that this is an unavoidable human dilemma, that people will always want to avoid pain, to avoid those who are in pain, and so will be….

Afterward, I curl around her. We lie in silence until darkness falls, and then, haltingly, she begins to talk...She speaks without need or even room ….

Faced with the pain of freedom, man begs for his shackles..

Dame Poverty gave me my name, And Pain godfathered me..

I cannot be with someone who takes pleasure in inflicting pain on me, someone who can't love me.

There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain..

What was I supposed to be, growing in your womb -- assuming it was even in our womb that I was conceived? A seed of hope? A ticket purchased to ferry….

Through this album, Pain Medicine, I want single mothers to understand that pain is only weakness leaving the body and every blow that they may encou….

My album Pain Medicine might not make all of America feel better, but for single mothers and women who have been hurt as well as women who seek perso….

We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity..

Lack of knowledge is the source of all pains and sorrows whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted or fully active..