“The unteachable man is sentenced to being taught only by experience. The tragedy is he reaches nothing further than his own pain.” MenPainTaughtTragedy Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who ever had been alive. Only if we face these open wounds in ourselves can we understand them in other people.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldPainFacesAliveTaughtEmpathyConnectedWoundsWorld HistoryUnprecedentedDickens Author:James A. Baldwin
“if you listen long enough - or is it deep enough? - the silence of a lover can speak plainer than any words! Only you must know how to listen. Pain must have taught you how.” IfsKnowsLongEnoughPainSpeakSilenceKnow HowTaughtLovers Book:Innocence and experience: stories Source: Innocence and experience: stories
“My knowledge of pain, learned with the sabre, taught me not to be afraid. And just as in dueling when you must concentrate on your enemy's cheek, so, too, in war. You cannot waste time on feinting and sidestepping. You must decide on your target and go in.” WarPainEnemyTaughtWasteTargetWasting TimeCheeksDueling Author:Otto Skorzeny
“There are moods in which we court suffering, in the hope that here, at least, we shall find reality, sharp peaks and edges of truth. But it turns out to be scene-painting and counterfeit. The only thing grief has taught me is to know how shallow it is.” KnowsRealityPainSufferingTurnsGriefKnow HowTaughtPaintingSceneExperienceCourtEdgesMoodShallowCounterfeit Book:Self-Reliance and Other Essays Source: Self-Reliance and Other Essays
“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that's bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they're afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they're wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It's all in how you carry it.” PeopleIfsFeelsTryingFeelingsRealityPainEvilLove IsDealsDangerousTaughtRadioBullshitDisturbingGreat LoveLove PainLove And PainPain In LifeLove Is PainFeeling PainHiding PainPainful Feelings Author:Jim Morrison
“We knew nothing of loss. Nobody has taught us about pain. Until that moment, death had just amounted to a scary sound.” MomentsPainSoundLossTaughtScaryThat MomentTaught Us Author:Francesca Marciano