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
“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
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
“Self-interest, fear of physical pain, drove him to that grotesque act of self-abasement. Its insincerity was clearly to be seen. He ceases… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
When you deal with something like compassion for physical pain, which we know is very, very old in evolution - we can… — Antonio Damasio Copy Share Image
I went to high school and university in Vancouver. Vancouver is really into yoga, so I have been doing it for years.… — Vanya Asher Copy Share Image
My history helps other people in terms of treatment and lessons in recovery. It affects my daily routine, as my body is… — Melody Gardot 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
“Vae Victus -- suffering to the conquered. Ironic that now I was the one suffering. Not anything as pedestrian as physical pain.… — Denis Dyack Copy Share Image
“The best discoveries always happened to the people who weren't looking for them. Columbus and America. Pinzón who stumbled on Brazil while… — Morgan Matson Copy Share Image
“What can you say about pain? Words can trace only the shadow of the thing itself. The reality of hard, sharp physical… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Let me put it this way: You cannot live in the world without being in pain, spiritual and physical pain. We have… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“He can remember that all beauty in animals and plants is a silent, enduring form of love and longing, and he can… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
The other exception to the rule regards dealings with masochists. A masochist derives pleasure from being hurt; so denying the masochist his… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
In the central cases of physical pain, then, it appears that at least part of what is bad about our condition is… — L. W. Sumner Copy Share Image
“Now, I'm not going to deny that I was aware of your beauty. But the point is, this has nothing to do… — Anonymous 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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
“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 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
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
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
“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
“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
“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
“Suddenly Damask found herself staring down at the flowers through a dazzle of tears. The words sounded so innocent and so disarming… — Norah Lofts Copy Share Image
“But the punishment-body relation is not the same as it was in the torture during public executions. The body now serves as… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
“Thank God for pain. Most of life's blessings, in my experience, are potential curses. And vice versa. So it is with physical… — Anonymous 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
“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
“It is a level of psychic pain wholly incompatible with human life as we know it. It is a sense of radical… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
