“Resisting and avoiding pain sucks energy-and time. The more you let yourself feel those minute-and-a-half hells, the quicker you'll start feeling those minute-and-a-half happinesses.” FeelsFeelingsPainEnergyHalfHellMinutesAvoidingResistingAvoiding Pain Author:Leigh Newman
“The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.” PainPleasureWisePhilosophicalAimSecurePain And PleasurePleasures Of LifeAvoiding PainPleasure And HappinessPain Pleasure Author:Aristotle
“We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.” ActionPainLife IsPleasureAnimalCommonClassConcernedSeekingBeastAvoidingAnimal LifeAvoiding PainBodily FunctionsBodily Pain Author:Saint Augustine