“The samurais were very interested in Zen because they admired the tremendous precision that the Zen Masters had, their lack of fear and pain and their absolute lack of fear of death.” PainHealthMastersBuddhismAbsolutesFear Of DeathPrecisionAthleticsSamuraiZen Master Author:Frederick Lenz
“True health begins with your thoughts. Thinking about comfort, strength, flexibility and youthfulness attracts those qualities into your life and body. Dwelling on illness, fear, disease and pain does just the opposite. Your work is to notice and change your thoughts and move them in the direction of health and happiness.” ThinkingMindDoeBodyPainHappinessMovingFearChangeQualityStrengthPositive ThinkingHealthComfortDiseaseOppositesIllnessAttractionLaw Of AttractionFlexibilityDwellingPower Of Positive ThinkingPositive ChangeYouthfulnessAilmentsInspirational HealthChange Your Thoughts Book:A Daily Dose of Women's Wisdom Source: A Daily Dose of Women's Wisdom
“as we acquire new aches and new pains, our health care is, of necessity, being supplied by internists, cardiologists, dermatologists, podiatrists, urologists, periodontists, gynecologists and psychiatrists, from all of whom we want a second opinion. We want a second opinion that says, don't worry, you are going to live forever.” WantLifeCarePainOpinionWorryForeverHealthHealth CareAcquireAchePsychiatristLive ForeverGynecologistsCardiologist Author:Judith Viorst
“I'm actually way more funny now, because I'm hungry... If comedy comes from pain, I should be funnier now than I ever was.” IfsWayShouldPainComedyHealthHungry Author:Seth Rogen
“Every man that has felt pain knows how little all other comforts can gladden him to whom health is denied. Yet who is there does not sometimes hazard it for the enjoyment of an hour?” KnowsMenLittlesDoeSometimesPainFeltHoursKnow HowHealthComfortEvery ManEnjoymentDeniedHazards Book:The Rambler: In Four Volumes.. Source: The Rambler: In Four Volumes..
“I duly acknowledge that I have gone through a long life, with fewer circumstances of affliction than are the lot of most men. Uninterrupted health, a competence for every reasonable want, usefulness to my fellow-citizens, a good portion of their esteem, no complaint against the world which has sufficiently honored me, and above all, a family which has blessed me by their affections, and never by their conduct given me a moment's pain.” MenWorldWantLongMomentsPainGivenGoneHealthCitizensCircumstancesFellowsBlessedAffectionEsteemAcknowledgeReasonableFewerPortionsComplaintsAfflictionHonoredWant UCompetenceLong LifeUsefulness Author:Thomas Jefferson
“Robin [Williams] was a world treasure. As we mourn his tragic death, we must remember him for the great waves of laughter that he was able to illicit from us, how his humor and insights - though they came from a place of pain and uncertainty - connected us and reminded us of how flawed and fragile...how human we are. How we are capable of moments of inspired transcendence and others of unspeakable despair.” WorldHumansMomentsWisdomRealityAblePainRememberCommunityLeadershipComedyHuman NatureHealthDespairCapableLaughterUnityInspiredIndividualityWaveInsightConnectedTreasureUncertaintyTragicFragileFlawedTranscendenceMournRobinsUnspeakable Author:Glenn Close
“There was a point that I stopped crying. It's not just because I didn't feel pain anymore, not because I didn't feel sorrow. It was just to keep going. I mean, it just was to survive, to live.” FeelsMeanWisdomRealityPainLeadershipHuman NatureCryHealthSorrowStrategyIndividualityIdeologyKeep Going Author:Elizabeth Smart