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“Pain is not the same as suffering. Left to itself, the body discharges pain spontaneously, letting go of it the moment that the underlying cause is healed. Suffering is pain that we hold on to. It ...”
“In pleasant peace and security How suddenly the soul in a man begins to die He shall look up above the stalled oxen Envying the cruel falcon, And dig under the straw for a stone To bruise himself on.”
“It is amazing, though, what pains your subconscious will undergo in achieve sustainable peace.”
“Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”
“Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.”
“You," he said, "are a terribly real thing in a terribly false world, and that, I believe, is why you are in so much pain.”
“Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The clearest summer could end in a downpour. Could end in lightning and thunder.”
“I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.”
“Don't be scared...Women can handle the worst kind of pain. You'll find out one day.”
“The unendurable is the beginning of the curve of joy.”
“I always hated when my scars started to fade, because as long as I could still see them, I knew why I was hurting.”
“The cure for pain is in the pain.”
“These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.”
“It isnt right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.”
“Pain is only what you allow it to be”
“If you are silent about your pain, theyll kill you and say you enjoyed it.”
“The unending paradox is that we do learn through pain.”
“I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.”
“It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.”
“Other times, I look at my scars and see something else: a girl who was trying to cope with something horrible that she should never have had to live through at all. My scars show pain and suffering...”
