--- title: "16 Pain Important Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 16 Pain Important quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Pain Important sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9b/art-berg-16759_damaging_pain-is-important-it-acts-as-a-warning-i_3018189.jpg" --- > [“Pain is important. It acts as a warning. It tells us that we are damaging ourselves in some way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-berg/pain-is-important-it-acts-as-a-warning-it-tells-us-that-we-are/) [Art Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-berg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9b/art-berg-16759_damaging_pain-is-important-it-acts-as-a-warning-i_3018189.jpg) > [“What made my loss, my pain, any more important than everyone else's.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/what-made-my-loss-my-pain-any-more-important-than-everyone-else-s/) [Mark Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lawrence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/621/mark-lawrence-992_death_what-made-my-loss-my-pain-any-more-impor_949021.png) > [Knowing pain is a very important ingredient of being there for another person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/knowing-pain-is-a-very-important-ingredient-of-being-there-for/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/pema-ch-dr-n-327_being-there_knowing-pain-is-a-very-important-ingredi_2309183.png) > [Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-watts/pain-is-such-an-important-thing-in-life-i-think-that-as-an-artist-you/) [Naomi Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/505/naomi-watts-7964_art_pain-is-such-an-important-thing-in-life_193797.jpg) > [Pain is important: how we evade it, how we succumb to it, how we deal with it, how we transcend it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/pain-is-important-how-we-evade-it-how-we-succumb-to-it-how-we-deal-2/) [Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/730/audre-lorde-758_deals_pain-is-important-how-we-evade-it-how-we_2912304.jpg) > [Pain is a very important part of our life... it makes you feel alive...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/pain-is-a-very-important-part-of-our-life-it-makes-you-feel-alive/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe5/anonymous-1_feel_pain-is-a-very-important-part-of-our-lif_664682.jpg) > [If you're someone who is living with joint pain, it's important to go see a doctor and talk about how you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-bettis/if-you-re-someone-who-is-living-with-joint-pain-it-s-important-to-go/) [Jerome Bettis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-bettis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01b/jerome-bettis-3203_doctor_if-you-re-someone-who-is-living-with-joi_1787994.png) > [Women, especially in rural India, have to undergo such suffering and pain. It is important for our cinema to address their pain,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bhumi-pednekar/women-especially-in-rural-india-have-to-undergo-such-suffering-and/) [Bhumi Pednekar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bhumi-pednekar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec2/bhumi-pednekar-5560_anger_women-especially-in-rural-india-have-to_482813.jpg) > [“When a child is not permitted to express her pain, one of the important, destructive messages she gets is that if she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-forward/when-a-child-is-not-permitted-to-express-her-pain-one-of-the/) [Susan Forward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-forward/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/susan-forward-4980_child_when-a-child-is-not-permitted-to-express_2787214.jpg) > [“Pain is not the most important tool in Dominance and submission, yet it is a most worthy tool. Pain breaks down barriers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-sex/pain-is-not-the-most-important-tool-in-dominance-and-submission-yet/) [Nikki Sex](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-sex/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cf/nikki-sex-14198_barriers_pain-is-not-the-most-important-tool-in-d_631708.jpg) > [I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/i-have-a-duty-to-speak-the-truth-as-i-see-it-and-share-not-just-my/) [Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a14/audre-lorde-758_duty_i-have-a-duty-to-speak-the-truth-as-i-se_381275.jpg) > [“But Christina never forgot that “when I was a child, I needed only one person to understand my suffering and pain.… One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/but-christina-never-forgot-that-when-i-was-a-child-i-needed-only-one/) [Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7e/karen-armstrong-1053_children_but-christina-never-forgot-that-when-i-w_326600.jpg) > [Pain is important: how we evade it, how we succumb to it, how we deal with it, how we transcend it. ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/pain-is-important-how-we-evade-it-how-we-succumb-to-it-how-we-deal/) [Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a2/audre-lorde-758_deals_pain-is-important-how-we-evade-it-how-we_2772641.jpg) > [Mutilation is the badge that can never be taken off, and sets us apart from all others. Pain is important to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/mutilation-is-the-badge-that-can-never-be-taken-off-and-sets-us-apart/) [Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f8/clive-barker-773_badges_mutilation-is-the-badge-that-can-never-b_284218.jpg) > [There are several different kinds of painful feelings that we might experience, and learning to distinguish and relate to these feelings of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/there-are-several-different-kinds-of-painful-feelings-that-we-might/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d4/jack-kornfield-936_different_there-are-several-different-kinds-of-pai_2240521.png) > [I know that pain is the most important thing in the universes. Greater than survival, greater than love, greater even than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-ellison/i-know-that-pain-is-the-most-important-thing-in-the-universes-greater/) [Harlan Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-ellison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e90/harlan-ellison-2133_adults_i-know-that-pain-is-the-most-important-t_1419481.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pain-important/#itemlist", "name": "Pain Important Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Pain is important. It acts as a warning. 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Always. ... The confidence that it will change is what makes bearing it possible. So pain is fluid. 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