The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to…

The majority of mankind would seem to be beguiled into error by pleasure, which, not being really a good, yet seems to be so.…

— Aristotle

“Aim not, if you are wise, to make water run uphill nor try pulling milk from the udders of a billy-goat.”

— Neil Boyd

I don't aim to be smart, I aim to be wise there's a difference.

— Zarah

At first he who invented any art that went beyond the common perceptions of man was naturally admired by men, not only because there…

— Aristotle

“They say though that we do more to avoid pain than we do to gain pleasure. So it is when the pain becomes too…

— Bronnie Ware

To avoid pain we must know the conditions of health. For the accomplishment of this end we must rely upon investigation instead of faith,…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

You can't avoid pain in life. It's how you handle pain, that's what defines you.

— Marc Maron

“Pain is a predator when we run from it, it will inevitably chase us down and catch us in its clutches. The goal isn't…

— Jaeda DeWalt

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior.

— M. Scott Peck

“What causes misery is always trying to get away from the facts of life, always trying to avoid pain and seek happiness—this sense of…

— Pema Chödrön

There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from…

— R. D. Laing

There's no way that I know of to avoid pain absolutely, but suffering is the interpretation we choose to place on the pain we…

— Florynce Kennedy

If your goal is to avoid pain and escape suffering, I would not advise you to seek higher levels of consciousness or spiritual evolution.

— M. Scott Peck

“Making yourself an outcast was one way to avoid the pain of having it done to you.”

— Erin Hart

There is no way you can avoid the pain of love when it hurts, but you can choose to ignore it by keeping yourself…

— Pacifiersucker