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“The artist ought to know that a thousand painful deaths always lead into greater life.”

Knows Artist Greater Ought Thousand Painful Painful Death

Author:David Steindl-Rast

“Do you, like a skilful weigher, put into the balance the pleasures and the pains, near and distant, and weigh them, and then say which outweighs the other? If you weigh pleasures against pleasures, you of course take the more and greater; or if you weigh pains against pains, then you choose that course of action in which the painful is exceeded by the pleasant, whether the distant by the near or the near by the distant; and you avoid that course of action in which the pleasant is exceeded by the painful.”

Ifs Action Pain Courses Pleasure Greater Balance Painful Pleasant You Choose

Book:The Works of Plato: Charmides, Lysis, Other Dialogues and the Laws

Source: The Works of Plato: Charmides, Lysis, Other Dialogues and the Laws

“Great abilities, when employed as God directs, do but make the owners of them greater and more painful servants to their neighbors.”

Ability Greater Greatness Painful Neighbor Servant Owners Employed

Book:The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: with copious notes and additions and a memoir of the author

Source: The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: with copious notes and additions and a memoir of the author

“One thing I've always struggled with in life is loving people too much. It's painful when that love is not reciprocated. But one thing I always comfort myself with is the fact that Allah will always show greater love to those who love Him. Allah doesn't disappoint you so keep your heart attached to Him.”

People Heart Facts Shows Life Is Love Is Greater Too Much One Thing Comfort Painful Unrequited Love Muslim Disappoint Reciprocity Religious Love Greater Love

Author:Omar Suleiman