“It is not only a matter, I believe, of religious observance and practice. To me, being Jewish means and has always meant being proud to be part of a people that has maintained its distinct identity for more than 2,000 years, with all the pain and torment that has been inflicted upon it.” PeopleYearsBelieveMeanHas BeensMatterPainI BelieveReligiousPracticeIdentityProudBe ProudTormentObservance Author:Golda Meir
“Having an identity that is specifically linked to your age or how you look would definitely set you up for pain because these things will change. If we have a broader sense of who we are, our identity never becomes threatened.” IfsLooksMotivationalAgePainIdentityWho We AreThreatenedLinked Book:Awaken The Giant Within Source: Awaken The Giant Within
“We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences. We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful. Ease makes less of an impression on us than struggle. We could have been ourselves without our delights, but not without the misfortunes that drive our search for meaning. 'Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities,' St. Paul wrote in Second Corinthians, 'for when I am weak, then I am strong.'” IfsBelieveHas BeensMotivationalPainStrongPleasureStruggleIdentityBearsWeakEndurePainfulDelightImpressionEaseMisfortunesTormentCould Have BeenPointlessSearch For MeaningInfirmityI Am StrongCorinthiansPainful Experiences Author:Andrew Solomon
“Too many people make the past their identity and spend the rest of their lives accumulating sympathy for their past pain.” PeoplePainPastWomenIdentityPast Pain Author:Laura Schlessinger
“I knew what it felt like to have no say in who you were as a sexual being. It didn't just strip away your dignity. It stripped away everything you were: your identity, your self-respect, your pleasure. Because it was all about the pleasure of the other person take, take, taking whatever they wanted from you, even if it was uncomfortable, or caused you pain. Even if you died from it, the other person still wouldn't care, because it was all about them.” IfsPersonsStillsSelfCareWantedPainFeltPleasureIdentityDignityDiedUncomfortableSelf Respect Author:Jess C Scott
“When our identity expands to include everything, we find a peace with the dance of the world. The ocean of life rises and falls within us - birth and death, joy and pain, it is all ours, and our heart is full and empty, large enough to embrace it all.” WorldHeartEnoughPainJoyFallIdentityBirthOceanEmptyEmbraceBirth And DeathRise And FallJoy And Pain Author:Jack Kornfield
“Personal change, growth, development, identity formation--these tasks that once were thought to belong to childhood and adolescence alone now are recognized as part of adult life as well. Gone is the belief that adulthood is, or ought to be, a time of internal peace and comfort, that growing pains belong only to the young; gone the belief that these are marker events--a job, a mate, a child--through which we will pass into a life of relative ease.” WellsChildrenPainJobsYoungBeliefGrowthGoneGrowingChildhoodEventsIdentityDevelopmentOughtComfortAdultsTasksEaseInternalsRelativeMatesAdulthoodAdolescenceFormationMarkersGrowing PainsPersonal ChangeChange GrowthInternal Peace Author:Lillian B. Rubin
“Islam has taken everything from its wretched believers. They are robbed from their identity and self pride. All they have now is Islam. That is why Islam for Muslims is more than just a religion. It is their identity. When you criticize Islam, they perceive it as an attack on their identity and cringe with pain. They take that not only as an insult but also as an assault on their person. Like a corned animal they become vicious and fight back with all their might - a fight of survival. That is why you see such a violent reaction to a few silly cartoons.” PersonsSelfMightPainFightingAnimalTakenIdentityPrideSurvivalIslamBelieverSillyViolentReactionsPerceiveInsultCriticizeCartoonAssaultViciousWretchedCringe Author:Ali Sina