Pain Quotes

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

One of my big things is that I wish to be a fisherman. I know it sounds silly ​and I'd sooner be rich than poor, and all the rest of that... but I wish the pain was ignorance or bliss or something.

I don't want to die, and I don't want to be hurt physically, but if they blow the world up... we're all out of our pain then, forget it, no more problems!

You're born in pain. Pain is what we are in most of the time, and I think that the bigger the pain, the more God you look for.

Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one... that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain.

There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery.

That there is much suffering in the world no one disputes. Which is more likely, that pain and evil are the result of an all-powerful and good God, or the product of uncaring natural forces? The presence of much suffering agrees well with the view that all organic beings have been developed through variation and natural selection.

Make it a point to do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

People's affection hurts me but it's a beautiful pain.

When the suffering of another creature causes you to feel pain, do not submit to the initial desire to flee from the suffering one, but on the contrary, come closer, as close as you can to her who suffers, and try to help her.

Now a spark of hope flashes up, then a sea of despair rages, and always pain; always pain, always despair, and always the same.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

Separation from the wife, disgrace from one's own people, an enemy saved in battle, service to a wicked king, poverty, and a mismanaged assembly: these six kinds of evils, if afflicting a person, burn him even without fire.

Victory breeds hatred. The defeated live in pain. Happily the peaceful live, giving up victory and defeat.

Foolishness is indeed painful, and verily so is youth, but more painful by far than either is being obliged in another person's house.

Pain and suffering have come into your life, but remember pain, sorrow, suffering are but the kiss of Jesus - a sign that you have come so close to Him that He can kiss you.

Sacrifice that causes pain is no sacrifice at all. True sacrifice is joy-giving and uplifting.

Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain but for the heart to conquer it.

The most important lesson that man can learn from life, is not that there is pain in this world, but that it is possible for him to transmute it into joy.