“Learn the discipline of being surprised not by suffering but by joy. As we grow old, there is suffering ahead of us,… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Depression, pain, and fear are gifts that say, "Sweetheart, take a look at your thinking in this moment. You're living in a… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
“This love, smothered by all of my inner doubts, by all of my contradictions and fears and egoism, only served to sicken… — Dan Ymas Copy Share Image
“To each, or about each, of his colleagues he had said at one time or other, something... something impossible to recall in… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
People do not like the tragic side of life. They deny pain and suffering as a facet of life. Even when someone… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
There's definitely some pieces in there that reflect on my personal life, but really, they aren't as personal as everybody thinks they… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
The revolution taught me not to be consoled by other people's miseries, not to feel thankful because so many others had suffered… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
As you may know, KFC is under worldwide pressure to eliminate its cruelest abuses of chickens, such as cutting the beaks off… — Pamela Anderson Copy Share Image
Once you have felt that pain of the loss of your love, you heart will feel broken, and dead. It will feel… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He rolled his eyes and took my hand. His hand was hard and calloused, tough with muscle and old scars. The night… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Right there is the usefulness of migraine, there in that imposed yoga, the concentration on the pain. For when the pain recedes,… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
In his life, Charles Dickens was like the rest of us, but maybe more so: another poor and wonderful soul attempting to… — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
“People were messy. They were defined not only by what they'd done, but by what they would have done, under different circumstances,… — Victoria Schwab Copy Share Image
But the others, those who tried to bring Jesus to life at the call of love, found it a cruel task to… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Citizens of Rome might boast that the claim of 'Civus romanus sum' set them apart from barbarians and slaves, and it was… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
“People who need regulation often leave therapy sessions feeling calmer, stronger, safer, more able to handle the world. Often they don't know… — Thomas Lewis Copy Share Image
Why am I so stupid? You cheat and I forgive you. You do it again I keep you. You do it a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“what is JUST in a world you’ve ripped in two as if there could be a half for me a half for… — Kami Garcia Copy Share Image
Music takes me to places of illimitable sensual and insensate joy, accessing points of ecstasy that no angelic lover could ever locate,… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Everybody, whether or not he puts the question vocally, wants to know whether life has any meaning, what his relation is to… — Georgia Harkness Copy Share Image
I remember the days of my youth when everything was new and bright; when the mind was always questing, searching, absorbing; when… — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
When you deal with something like compassion for physical pain, which we know is very, very old in evolution - we can… — Antonio Damasio Copy Share Image
Whatever your pleasure, belief, sorrow or triumph... we are all human and we are all constantly facing some sort of brokenness. Of… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
Although a lot of pain for a little screen time; Shaving legs, waxing eyebrows, high heels, trying to put on a bra,… — Lou Diamond Phillips Copy Share Image
Everyone says that love hurts, but that's not true. Loneliness hurts, rejection hurts, losing someone hurts, envy hurts. Everyone confuses these things… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our leaders have asked for 'shared sacrifice.' But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You shout it loud, but I can't hear a word you say. I'm talking loud, not saying much. Wonder why I'm not… — NoHatterzz Copy Share Image
When you die in this life, you might be experiencing pain, but the structure of your perceptual field will determine your next… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Humility does not disturb or disquiet or agitate, however great it may be; it comes with peace, delight, and calm. . .… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. Heaven… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Remember laughing? Laughter enhances the blood flow to the body’s extremities and improves cardiovascular function. Laughter releases endorphins and other natural mood… — Patch Adams Copy Share Image
I wake up just like every other day with a fake smile on my face trying to brighten other peoples day but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had to have tests for cancer and other diseases - it wasn't much fun. I was getting a shooting pain in… — Freddie Ljungberg Copy Share Image
That's right. I'm scared to death. You said it's your first time, feeling chest pain, and nausea. Well it's not mine. I've… — Cheon Eunbi Copy Share Image
Courage is defined as: the ability to face danger, difficulty, uncertainty, or pain without being overcome by fear or being deflected from… — Joshua Fernandez Copy Share Image
“No matter his joking, I thought, this was a man as given to the miseries as I was. You could look into… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
Pain is a thing we feel will never go away. It's always there and we feel no one cares. If you're like… — Clara Tolleson Copy Share Image
Dying is overrated. Human sentimentality has twisted it into the ultimate act of love. Biggest load of bullshit in the world. Dying… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
In this world, whom I loved, they always hurt me.. whom I thought would stay with me, they left me forever... now… — Ajseh Krishna Copy Share Image
I shall live forever. And I don't mean in a metaphorical sense. I don't mean I'll live forever in the hearts and… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
