There are two ways. One is to be a puppet, follow the culture, and do whatever they want. That was mentally disturbing… — Malina Suliman Copy Share Image
Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and comfort, but… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
“I see affect or feeling as the primary innate biological motivating mechanism, more urgent than drive deprivation and pleasure and more urgent… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“I didn't know what to say to Mal. I never did these days. But maybe I could just start with the truth:… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
My brother could not write about trifles. Even in society he became animated only when some serious discussion was engaged in, and… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
When I meet children and people who suffer, when they mention any kind of pain, emotional pain, physical pain, I know what… — Phan Thi Kim Phuc Copy Share Image
One whose spirit and mental strength have been strengthened by sparring with a never-say-die attitude should find no challenge too great to… — Gichin Funakoshi Copy Share Image
“Every moment I've spent living, I've been waiting to die. I'm not afraid of death. Life is an inconvenience. Brings nothing but… — Rosie Scott Copy Share Image
“I turn on my heel, which is no easy feat in a gravel parking lot. Not losing eye contact with Galen, I… — Anna Banks Copy Share Image
“The addict’s reliance on the drug to reawaken her dulled feelings is no adolescent caprice. The dullness is itself a consequence of… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“The men would all say that they had died,' Gilligan said. 'These were the most incorrigibly violent characters. They would all say… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
An adept of Kriya Yoga conquers death by taking the soul beyond identification with the physical body, consciously and at will; and… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
“Some empathy must be learned and then imagined, by perceiving the suffering of others and translating it into one's own experience of… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“Martin will recall this night as the first time--and one of the only times--he ever saw Germans crying in public, not at… — Jessica Shattuck Copy Share Image
“She promised new, tantalizing diversions. She whispered words of raw, intense pleasure the likes of which he’d never experienced. He was intrigued.… — Sylvain Reynard Copy Share Image
“We're the sons appalled by violence, with no capacity for inflicting physical pain, useless at beating and clubbing, unfit to pulverize even… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
If it's physical pain, you just deal with it the best way you can. But if it's more emotional, I don't know.… — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
I think emotional and mental pain is probably worse than physical pain. I think we don't realize that I have no arms… — Nick Vujicic Copy Share Image
The very same brain centers that interpret and feel physical pain also become activated during experiences of emotional rejection. In brain scans,… — Gabor Mate Copy Share Image
Grief is like a bomber circling round and dropping its bombs each time the circle brings it overhead; physical pain is like… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Now, suddenly, I was the kind of girl who felt true physical pain when asked to put down a book at the… — Lizzie Skurnick Copy Share Image
“I'd recognize this look more and more as I grew older, in places both private and public, for reasons both explicit and… — Brando Skyhorse (Author Copy Share Image
“Never, for any reason on earth, could you wish for an increase of pain. Of pain you could only wish for one… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The song "This Is Not Surreal," was inspired by a painter I love, Frida Kahlo. She really did suffer for her art.… — Lindi Ortega Copy Share Image
“One question at any rate was answered. Never, for any reason on earth, could you wish for an increase of pain. Of… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“The only real, true, permanent way to destroy your mind control is to work through the memories. It's unfortunate because it's unpleasant.… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
In falling over in heels while trying to look attractive, you don't just hurt your body, you bear the humiliation of injuring… — Kate Reardon Copy Share Image
“It was a tragedy. A horrible tragedy. You can’t imagine the physical pain and despair I went through. I’m a better man… — Chris Knopf Copy Share Image
The fellowship of those who bear the mark of pain: who are the members of this Fellowship? Those who have learnt by… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Man has created some lovely dwellings, some soul-stirring literature. He has done much to alleviate physical pain. But he has not ...… — Harvey Broome Copy Share Image
Pain is a relatively objective, physical phenomenon; suffering is our psychological resistance to what happens. Events may create physical pain, but they… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
Fear, physical pain, and death are just part of the price Americans pay for the easy access of handguns. It is estimated… — Josh Sugarmann Copy Share Image
“There was no other way to say it. After being heartbroken for so long, I had made myself completely numb inside. Maybe… — Jennifer Salaiz Copy Share Image
Could you stop my heart? It's always beating. Sinking like a weight. I don't think I am okay. No not today .… — Kaile Stewart Copy Share Image
“and afterward, after it was done, it was too much, and I felt like I was going to... I don't know… explode,… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“When we feel dread, when we feel discomfort of any kind, it can connect us at the heart with all the other… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“What is it, she asks me, why do people cry? Why do we cry when we're happy and when we're sad or… — Liza Wieland Copy Share Image
“Humor is a developed sense, stemming basically from cruelty. The more primitive a mind, the less selectivity exists. … A man slips… — Lewis Padgett Copy Share Image
“Before taking the discipline for the first time, Brother Martin spent considerable time in prayer. Then he lashed himself with an iron… — J.C. Kearns Copy Share Image
“He can hit a man in the liver so the blood flow stops. It takes a full second before the pain registers… — Adam Berlin Copy Share Image
