“The art of life is the art of avoiding pain: and he is the best pilot who steers clearest of the rocks… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Two types of avoidance cause problems for people: avoiding pleasure and avoiding pain.” — Todd Kashdan Copy Share Image
“It sets a dangerous precedent. For avoiding pain? For avoiding life.” — Rowell Rainbow Copy Share Image
Pain in this life is not avoidable, but the pain we create avoiding pain is avoidable. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Avoiding pain causes endless suffering for you and others. Avoiding pain is really selfishness.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“The greatest satisfaction comes not from chasing pleasure and avoiding pain, but from the radical acceptance of life as it is, without… — Noah Levine Copy Share Image
The British system denied any role for human creativity, and instead argued, that if man merely followed his hedonistic desires, pursuing pleasure… — Robert Trout Copy Share Image
“Nothing. Nothing. Just … isn’t giving up allowed sometimes? Isn’t it okay to say, ‘This really hurts, so I’m going to stop… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
The underlying motivation that drives all addiction is our insistence on avoiding pain. However, the pain you are avoiding is based in… — Leonard Jacobson Copy Share Image
“Where can I start slow and hold myself accountable?” And, “Where do I need to take that bigger leap? Where have I… — Darren Hardy Copy Share Image
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… — Leigh Newman Copy Share Image
If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts, avoiding pain and seeking satisfaction only for their own selves,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Pain is powerful medicine. While it may be unpleasant to take this medicine, it is what shapes and inspires us. As you… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
Unexplained pain may sometimes direct our attention to something unacknowledged, something we are afraid to know or feel. Then it holds us… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
“Human beings, he argued, are not hardwired for seeking pleasure and avoiding pain. They want meaning. In spite of what we say,… — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“My house was built by a partnership called Desire and Ignorance; they often work together, and always with disastrous consequences. It’s surprising… — Simon Parke Copy Share Image
“Remember and Share - Action is the second step in The Hook. - The action is the simplest behavior in anticipation of… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“To get some distance from this, you first need to get some perspective. Walk outside on a clear night and just look… — Michael A. Singer Copy Share Image
“When you are avoiding your pain you are really only avoiding your growth.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
I've spent a long time avoiding painting and dealing with it from a distance. But as I get older, I'm more comfortable… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
For an infrequent action to become a habit, the user must perceive a high degree of utility, either from gaining pleasure or… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“Seeking pleasure and avoiding pain are two key motivators in all species. When we feel discomfort, we seek to escape the uncomfortable… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“Your pain needs to be recognized and acknowledged. It needs to be acknowledged and then released. Avoiding pain is the same as… — Yong Kang Chan Copy Share Image
I had been simply treating water, settling on surviving and avoiding pain rather than being actively involved in seeking out life. — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“Nonaggression and the Four Maras All the maras point the way to being completely awake and alive by letting go, by letting… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Epicurus recommends bread and cheese as the staple, and his emphasis is more on avoiding pain than on seeking pleasure, insofar as… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
“Avoiding our pain is needlessly exhausting. Pain can not be killed. When we attempt to bury our pain, it rises up from… — Jaeda DeWalt Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Medical textbooks never talk about the pain that's caused by anything that doctors do... And many doctors think that the pain is… — Aude Mermilliod Copy Share Image
Postural exercises such as yoga, Pilates, Egoscues, Alexander technique and martial arts are about avoiding pain and injury as much as helping… — Liz Miller Copy Share Image
“Defensive devaluation is a protective device that makes love bad, trust unimportant and people "no darn good any way". People who have… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“This world of two gardens, both so beautiful. This world, a street where a funeral is passing. Let us rise together and… — Jalaluddin Rumi Copy Share Image
“One of the hardest things you'll ever do is give yourself permission to be in pain of any kind. There's a reason… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“Remember and Share - Action is the second step in The Hook. - The action is the simplest behavior in anticipation of… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
