Greater Quote by Andrew Sean Greer

Absence of pain makes anything possible

— Nicole Blackman

Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain

— Aeschylus

The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.

— Herodotus

Somehow the anticipation of pain can be even more troubling, more a misery than the pain itself.

— Joanne Harris

It is possible to avoid pain? Yes, but you'll never learn anything. Is it possible to know something without ever having experiencing it? Yes,…

— Paulo Coelho

How is it possible to exist with so much pain?

— Jojo Moyes

Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.

— Simone Weil

“Often the only difference between a problem being painful or being powerful is a sense that we chose it, and that we are responsible…

— Mark Manson

The pain of powerlessness is excruciating. It is the most painful experience in the earth school, and everyone shares it.

— Gary Zukav

Identifying pain in others was easy for me. I was drawn to it in some strange perverse way.

— Abbi Glines

All it takes is a simple choice, a simple decision: no matter what happens, I will create no more pain for myself. I will…

— Eckhart Tolle

I believe that pain can be a rite of passage into learning. I believe that the worse thing that can happen is the sin…

— Guillermo del Toro