Avoiding pain causes endless suffering for you and others…

Some have sought to avoid suffering by avoiding desire. Thus they have only small desires and small sufferings, poor fools.

— Peter J. Carroll

“When you are avoiding your pain you are really only avoiding your growth.”

— Bryant McGill

Resisting and avoiding pain sucks energy-and time. The more you let yourself feel those minute-and-a-half hells, the quicker you'll start feeling those minute-and-a-half happinesses.

— Leigh Newman

“The greatest satisfaction comes not from chasing pleasure and avoiding pain, but from the radical acceptance of life as it is, without fighting and…

— Noah Levine

“Remember and Share - Action is the second step in The Hook. - The action is the simplest behavior in anticipation of reward. -…

— Nir Eyal

Epicurus recommends bread and cheese as the staple, and his emphasis is more on avoiding pain than on seeking pleasure, insofar as pleasure-seeking tends…

— Catherine Wilson

“To get some distance from this, you first need to get some perspective. Walk outside on a clear night and just look up into…

— Michael A. Singer

“Human beings, he argued, are not hardwired for seeking pleasure and avoiding pain. They want meaning. In spite of what we say, we don’t…

— Jeff Goins

Unexplained pain may sometimes direct our attention to something unacknowledged, something we are afraid to know or feel. Then it holds us to our…

— Rachel Naomi Remen

“Where can I start slow and hold myself accountable?” And, “Where do I need to take that bigger leap? Where have I been avoiding…

— Darren Hardy

“The art of life is the art of avoiding pain: and he is the best pilot who steers clearest of the rocks and shoals…

— Thomas Jefferson

“My house was built by a partnership called Desire and Ignorance; they often work together, and always with disastrous consequences. It’s surprising they aren’t…

— Simon Parke

The underlying motivation that drives all addiction is our insistence on avoiding pain. However, the pain you are avoiding is based in the past,…

— Leonard Jacobson

“It sets a dangerous precedent. For avoiding pain? For avoiding life.”

— Rowell Rainbow

“Nothing. Nothing. Just … isn’t giving up allowed sometimes? Isn’t it okay to say, ‘This really hurts, so I’m going to stop trying’?” “It…

— Rainbow Rowell