Speak not harshly to anyone. Those thus addressed will retort. Painful, indeed, is vindictive speech. Blows in exchange may bruise you.
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada 133"
Quotations
Pain
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada 133"
Pain is sometimes the cost of a meaningful existence. I can handle that.
-Jeb Dickerson
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
-Aristotle
There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.
-Fernando Pessoa
"The Book of Disquiet"
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.
-Kenji Miyazawa
Pain and beauty, our constant bedfellows.
-Nick Bantock
"Griffin and Sabine"
There’s nothing more painful than remembering something happy while you are distressed.
-Dante Alighieri
Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
-Leo Tolstoy
Best way to get rid of pain is to have some more of it....you will feel better!!
-Anonymous
Pain and joy are like light and darkness; they are two sides of the same medal. They are interdependent and inseparably connected to each other.
-Trinley Thaye Dorje "Gyalwa Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje"
