When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
Quotations
Pain
There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.
-Fernando Pessoa
"The Book of Disquiet"
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
-Anonymous
When you let go of past pain, believe in yourself, and follow your dreams—you can find true happiness!
-Casi McLean
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"
If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven’t been born yet.
-Neil Simon
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.
-Kenji Miyazawa
Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
-Leo Tolstoy
There’s nothing more painful than remembering something happy while you are distressed.
-Dante Alighieri
Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.
-Barbara Kingsolver
"Animal Dreams"
