It is easier to find men who will volunteer
to die, than to find those who
are willing to endure pain with patience.
?Julius Caesar
It's odd that you can get so anesthetized
by your own pain or your own problem
that you don't quite fully share the hell
of someone close to you.
?Lady Bird Johnson
Pain is no evil unless it conquers us.
?George Eliot
He who makes a beast of himself
gets rid of the pain of being a man.
?Samuel Johnson
God is a concept by which
we measure our pain.
?John Lennon
There is no coming to consciousness
without pain.
?Carl Jung
There is no real evil in life, except great
pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends
on the light in which we view things.
?Marie de Sevigne
He that is uneasy at every little pain
is never without some ache.
?Proverb
Long ailments wear out pain,
and long hopes, joy.
?Stanislaus I
The only antidote to mental
suffering is physical pain.
?Karl Marx
When there is pain, there are no
words. All pain is the same.
?Toni Morrison
Much benevolence of the passive
order may be traced to a disinclination
to inflict pain upon oneself.
?George Meredith
We must all suffer one of two things:
the pain of discipline or the
pain of regret or disappointment.
?Jim Rohn
Sweet is true love that is given in vain,
and sweet is death that takes away pain.
?Lord Alfred Tennyson
Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not
paid with moan; For we are born in
others pain And perish in our own.
?Francis Thompson