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“There is an old song which asserts 'the best things in life are free.' Not true! Utterly false! This was the tragic fallacy which brought on the decadence and collapse of the democracies of the twentieth century; those noble experiments failed because the people had been led to believe that they could simply vote for whatever they wanted...and get it without toil, without sweat, without tears. Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain.”

Source: Starship Troopers

“Worry is when you choose from millions of possible thoughts, only the few which deal with a potential misfortune or problem. Once you accept your worrying as the act of choosing specific thoughts, you can consciously make an effort to avoid those thoughts that cause you needless pain and choose more constructive, positive thoughts.”

Problem Pain Causes Deals Effort Accepting Millions Worry Misfortunes You Choose Anticipation Positive Thoughts Constructive

Author:Zelig Pliskin

“The organic laws of construction tangled me in my desires, and only with great pain, effort, and struggle did I break through these 'walls around art.”

Art Pain Law Desire Effort Break Struggle Wall Construction Break Through Tangled

Author:Wassily Kandinsky

“The American oligarchy spares no pains in promoting the belief that it does not exist, but the success of its disappearing act depends on equally strenuous efforts on the part of an American public anxious to believe in egalitarian fictions and unwilling to see what is hidden in plain sight.”

Believe Doe Pain Belief Effort Fiction Depends Sight Disappear Anxious Spares Promoting Unwilling Oligarchy No Pain Plain Sight

Author:Michael Lind

“PLEASURE and pain are undoubtedly the ultimate objects of the calculus of economics. To satisfy our wants to the utmost with the least effort - to procure the greatest amount of what is desirable at the expense of the least that is undesirable - in other words, to maximize pleasure, is the problem of economics.”

Want Problem Pain Pleasure Effort Objects Amount Economics Ultimate Expenses Desirable Calculus Pain And Pleasure Undesirable

Book:The Theory of Political Economy

Source: The Theory of Political Economy

“Genius! thou gift of Heav'n! thou Light divine! Amid what dangers art thou doom'd to shine! Oft will the body's weakness check thy force, Oft damp thy Vigour, and impede thy course; And trembling nerves compel thee to restrain Thy noble efforts, to contend with pain; Or Want (sad guest!) will in thy presence come, And breathe around her melancholy gloom: To Life's low cares will thy proud thought confine, And make her sufferings, her impatience, thine.”

Want Art Body Light Care Pain Suffering Courses Force Effort Danger Divine Proud Genius Lows Weakness Shining Breathe Noble Checks Thee Melancholy Nerves Guests Doom Impatience Gloom Trembling Damp

Book:Tales

Source: Tales

“Now, in our opinion no author should be blamed for obscurity, nor should any pains be grudged in the effort to understand him, provided that he has done his best to be intelligible. Difficult thoughts are quite distinct from difficult words. Difficulty of thought is the very heart of poetry.”

Should Heart Done Pain Difficult Effort Opinion Difficulty Obscurity

Author:Alice Meynell

“This book denounces the cultism in chiropractic but supports the appropriate use of spinal manipulation and the research efforts required to solidify its scientific basis. If you are contemplating or receiving chiropractic care, it might help protect both your pocketbook and your health.”

Source: Inside Chiropractic: A Patient's Guide

“I take this pain, Lord Jesus, From Thine own hand; The strength to bear it bravely Thou wilt command. I am too weak for effort. So let me rest, In hush of sweet submission On Thine own breast.”

Hands Pain Jesus Effort Lord Sweet Bears Weak Let Me Command Breasts Submission Resignation Hush

Book:Poetical works

Source: Poetical works

“The qualities and capacities that are important in running-such factors as will power, the ability to apply effort during extreme fatigue and the acceptance of pain-have a radiating power that subtly influences one's life.”

Important Running Pain Ability Effort Quality Influence Acceptance Capacity Extremes Factors Fatigue Will Power

Author:Jim Fixx