“We are largely the playthings of our fears. To one, fear of the dark; to another, of physical pain; to a third, of public ridicule; to a fourth, of poverty; to a fifth, of loneliness ... for all of us, our particular creature waits in ambush.” PainFearWaitingDarkPovertyLonelinessParticularCreaturesThirdsFourthRidiculeFifthPhysical PainAmbush Author:Horace Walpole
“It appears to Nietzsche that the modern age has produced for imitation three types of man ... First, Rousseau's man, the Titan who raises himself ... and in his need calls upon holy nature. Then Goethe's man ... a spectator of the world ... Third Schopenhauer's man ... voluntarily takes upon himself the pain of telling the truth.” MenWorldNeedsFirstsAgePainThreeModernTypeHolyThirdsRaisesTelling The TruthImitationSpectatorsTitansModern Age Author:Georg Brandes
“Galen , in the third section of his book, "The Use of the Limbs," says correctly that it would be in vain to expect to see living beings formed of the blood of menstruous women and the semen virile, who will not die, will never feel pain, or will move perpetually, or shine like the sun. This dictum of Galen is part of the following more general proposition: Whatever is formed of matter receives the most perfect form possible in that species of matter; in each individual case the defects are in accordance with that individual matter.” FeelsBookMatterUseWould BePainMovingFormDiesIndividualPerfectCasesSunBloodThirdsShiningSpeciesFollowingVainSectionsPropositionsDefectsLimbsGalen Book:The Guide for the Perplexed Source: The Guide for the Perplexed
“If Slumdog Millionaire projects India as a Third World, dirty-underbelly, developing nation and causes pain and disgust among nationalists and patriots, let it be known that a murky underbelly exists and thrives even in the most developed nations. It's just that the Slumdog Millionaire idea authored by an Indian and conceived and cinematically put together by a Westerner, gets creative Golden Globe recognition. The other would perhaps not.” IfsWorldIdeasPainTogetherNationsCausesKnownCreativeProjectsThirdsIndiaGoldenRecognitionDevelopingIndianDirtyThriveDisgustingGlobesPatriotMillionaireThird WorldWesternersDeveloped NationsSlumdog Millionaire Author:Amitabh Bachchan
“The first cup caresses my dry lips and throat, The second shatters the walls of my loneliness, The third explores the dry rivulets of my soul Searching for legends of five thousand scrolls. With the fourth the pain of past injustice vanishes through my pores. The fifth purifies my flesh and bone. With the sixth I commune with the immortals. The seventh conveys such pleasure I am overcome. The fresh wind blows through my wings As I make my way to Penglai.” WayFirstsSoulPainPastPleasureFiveLonelinessWindWallThousandThirdsOvercomingWingsInjusticeLipsBlowBonesFleshMy SoulCupsMy WayTeaDryThroatLegendsFourthFifthSoul SearchingCaressCommunesDry Lips Author:Lu Tong
“Most drugs work on only about a third of the population, they do no damage to another third, and the final third can have negative consequences.” PainDrugConsequenceNegativeThirdsFinalsPopulationTherapyDamageInjuryNegative Consequences Author:Craig Venter
“Two-thirds of Americans believe that, after a baby's heart is beating and they can feel pain, that they need some protection.” NeedsFeelsBelieveHeartTwoPainBabyThirdsProtection Author:Barack Obama
“I wasn't very good about the pain. I started screaming for painkillers after the third contraction and didn't stop until my daughter was eating solid food.” PainEatingDaughterThirdsVery GoodMy DaughterChildbirthContractionsPainkillers Author:Linda Sunshine
“I became a clown when these docs came to the house in Berkeley and asked me to come cheer up kids. I'd just had my third spinal fusion and I was looking for something to take my mind off the pain I was in.” MindKidsPainHouseThirdsCheerClownFusionCheer UpBerkeley Author:Wavy Gravy