“Every moment instructs, and every object; for wisdom is infused into every form. It has been poured into us as blood; it convulsed us as pain; it slid into us as pleasure; it enveloped us in dull, melancholy days, or in days of cheerful labor; we did not guess its essence until after long time.” LongHas BeensMomentsWisdomPainFormPleasureBloodObjectsLong TimeLaborEssenceDullMelancholyCheerful Book:Essays Source: Essays
“Humor is an escape, because you cannot think about your problems when you are trying to be funny; so, in essence, "being a humorist" gives you a valid excuse to hide from your pain.” ThinkingGivingTryingProblemPainEssenceExcuseHumorists Author:Dave Barry
“Rejoicing is the essence of genuine worship. A sad face (apart from remorse for sin or regret concerning the pain of others) is an affront to a gracious and generous God.” PainFacesSinRegretWorshipEssenceGenuineGenerousRejoiceRemorseGraciousAffrontSad Face Author:Max Anders
“As I grow older, what I find interesting is that I get experience with pain, different types of pain, and I start to see the lovely hilarity of life. Things that were once so crushing take on a different essence. I move through it at a faster rate. It's like traveling: it opens my eyes. My process is to allow myself to have it and to not judge myself or the situation too much, and then to create something with it.” DifferentEyePainMovingGrowsProcessInterestingSituationToo MuchJudgingTypeEssenceRateLovelyFasterCrushHilarity Author:Rachael Yamagata
“I wanted people to kind of take a peek to see that the pain, even though you may see them out at the Democratic National Convention or at Essence [Festival] or any of these other places, that the pain is still very real for these women [from the "Mothers of the Movement"].” PeopleKindMayStillsRealWantedPainMotherMovementEssenceDemocraticConventionsFestivals Author:Ed Gordon
“A woman in the audience asked [Barack] Obama about her mother. Her mother was 101 years old and was in need of a certain kind of procedure. Her doctor didn't want to do it because of her age. However, another doctor did and told this woman there is a joy of life in this person. The woman asked President Obama how he would deal with this sort of thing, and Obama said we cannot consider the joy of life in this situation. He said I would advise her to take a pain killer. That is the essence of the President of the United States.” WantNeedsYearsKindPersonsSaidStatesAgePainJoyMotherCertainPresidentUnitedDealsSituationUnited StatesAudienceDoctorsEssenceBarackPresident ObamaKillersAdviseProceduresJoy Of Life Author:Nat Hentoff
“LSD should be treated as a sacred drug and receive corresponding preparation, preparation of quite a different kind than other psychotropic agents. It is one kind of thing if you have a pain-relieving substance or some euphoriant and (another to) have an agent that engages the very essence of human beings, their consciousness.” IfsShouldHumansKindDifferentPainHuman BeingsConsciousnessDrugEssenceSacredTreatedAgentsPreparationSubstanceDifferent KindsCorrespondingLsd Author:Albert Hofmann
“But it's precisely in this cold, loathsome half-despair, half-belief, in this deliberate burying of yourself underground for forty years out of sheer pain, in this assiduously constructed, and yet somewhat dubious hopelessness, in all this poision of unfulfilled desires turned inward, this fever of vacillations, of resolutions adopted for eternity, and of repentances a moment later that you find the very essence of that strange, sharp pleasure.” YearsMomentsPainDesireBeliefPleasureHalfStrangeColdDespairEssenceEternityFortyResolutionRepentanceInwardSheerHopelessnessAdoptedDeliberateFeverDubiousBuryingUnfulfilled DesiresVacillation Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky
“Inside us all are pieces of that which makes the neagitve. Demons are neither good nor bad. Like you, they have many facets. It is that inner essence, or drive, if you will, that we all have that guides us through our lives. Sometimes those voices that drive us are whispered memories that live deep inside and cause us such pain that we have no choice except to let it out and to hurt those around us. But at other times, the voice is love and compassion, and it guides us to a gentler place. In the end, we, alone, must choose what path to walk. No one can help us with it. (Menyara)” IfsEndsSometimesHelpingPainChoicesCausesVoiceHurtMemoriesWalksCompassionPathPiecesOur LivesLike YouEssenceGuidesDemonFacetsDeep InsideLove And Compassion Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“I always asked for forgiveness for my sins right away but I never accepted it until I felt right that I had suffered enough to pay for it. God revealed to me what I was doing how much unnecessary pain I was causing myself. He even showed me that what I was doing was an insult to Jesus that in essence I was saying Lord the sacrifice of Your life and blood was good but not good enough. I must add my work of feeling guilty before I can be forgiven.” I CanEnoughFeelingsPainJesusFeltSinPayLordSacrificeBloodEssenceAddAcceptedGuiltyInsultGood EnoughUnnecessaryForgivenNot Good EnoughFeeling Guilty Author:Joyce Meyer
“The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can never be so ignorant again. It comes from knowing we can never be children again. Losing innocence. Remembering heaven. That was the essence of hell.” ChildrenPainRememberHeavenHellKnowingSafeLosingEssenceIgnorantInnocenceSunset Author:John Jakes
“All moments of joy include an element of happiness. But not all moments of happiness include joy. Happiness often comes from drive reduction-avoidance of pain or the pursuit of pleasure for pleasure's sake. The essence of joy, on the other hand, is spirit.” MomentsHandsPainHappinessJoySpiritPleasureElementsEssenceSakePursuitAvoidanceReductionJoy HappinessMoments Of Happiness Author:Laurel Mellin
“Everything in this life is only a glimpse of the real thing. Love, beauty, pleasure, even pain in its true essence is only in the next.” RealPainLife IsNextLove IsPleasureEssenceThis LifeIslamicGlimpseReal ThingsHereafter Author:Yasmin Mogahed
“Out of the silver heat mirage he ran. The sky burned, and under him the paving was a black mirror reflecting sun-fire. Sweat sprayed his skin with each foot strike so that he ran in a hot mist of his own creation. With each slap on the softened asphalt, his soles absorbed heat that rose through his arches and ankles and the stems of his shins. It was a carnival of pain, but he loved each stride because running distilled him to his essence and the heat hastened this distillation.” RunningPainBlackSunFireFeetSkyCreationSkinsEssenceHotMirrorsRoseStrikesRanHeatSilverSweatBurnedStemReflectingMistSlapInspirational RunningStrideAnklesArchesMiragesCarnivalsAsphaltPavingDistillation Author:James Tabor