“There is a certain degree of pain to be experienced in the search for self-knowledge, as there is a certain amount of joy. You just do it because you find yourself doing it. There just doesn't seem to be much else worthwhile.” InspirationalSelfSeemsPainJoyCertainBuddhismAmountDegreesFinding YourselfWorthwhileSelf KnowledgeJust Do It Author:Frederick Lenz
“Aquatic animals suffer from the disadvantage that they cannot scream when in pain, so we find it hard to gauge the degree of their agony. If fish could scream, angling purely for sport would be outlawed without delay.” IfsHardWould BePainSufferingSportsAnimalSeaDegreesRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingScreamAgonyDelayDisadvantagesGaugesAngling Author:Desmond Morris
“Now the pessimist proper is the most modest of men. ... under no circumstances does he presume to imagine that he, a mere unit of pain, can in any degree change or soften the remorseless words of fate.” MenDoePainFateImagineCircumstancesDegreesMerePessimismImagine ThatModestUnitsPessimistRemorseless Author:Agnes Repplier
“This is the message of your life and my life - it’s that nothing lasts. Heraclitus said it: Panta Rhei. All flows, nothing lasts. Not your enemies, not your fortune, not who you sleep with at night, not the books, not the house in Saint-Tropez, not even the children - nothing lasts. To the degree that you avert your gaze from this truth, you build the potential for pain into your life. Everything is this act of embracing the present moment, the felt presence of experience, and then moving on to the next felt moment of experience. It’s literally psychological nomadism is what it is.” ChildrenSaidBookMomentsPainLastsMovingNightNextHouseFeltSleepEnemyDegreesMessagesFlowFortuneSaintPsychologicalPresent MomentAvert Author:Terence McKenna
“The pain caused by this wound which He inflicts on me and the sweetness which accompanies it are so intense that I cannot even begin to describe it. However. . . this pain and this sweetness are completely spiritual, although it is also true that they are shared by the body to a high degree.” BodyPainSpiritualDegreesWoundsIntenseSweetnessAccompany Author:Pio of Pietrelcina
“You are not obligated to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and find a way to conquer the odds, to be stronger or transform yourself into some better version of yourself. The pain you are feeling (whatever the degree) may be a reminder that things are not as they should be.” WayShouldMayFeelingsPainDegreesStrongerVersionsConquerOddsRemindersBootstraps Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“You can't work at a relationship; you can't control it. You have to be lucky and go through your life. If you are not lucky you have to be prepared for some degree of suffering. That's why most relationships are very difficult and have some degree of pain. People stay together because of inertia, they don't have the energy. Because they are frightened of being lonely, or they have children.” PeopleIfsChildrenPainTogetherSufferingEnergyDifficultLuckyDegreesLonelyPreparedFrightenedBe PreparedInertiaBeing LonelyLucky You Author:Woody Allen
“Inuring children gently to suffer some degrees of pain without shrinking, is a way to gain firmness to their minds, and lay a foundation for courage and resolution in the future part of their lives.” WayMindChildrenPainSufferingDegreesGainsFoundationLaysResolutionShrinkingFirmness Book:Some Thoughts Concerning Education Source: Some Thoughts Concerning Education