Avoiding pain Quote by Bryant McGill

“Maybe you receive pain selfishly — thinking only of yourself. The cycle of pain wounds every participant.”

— Bryant McGill

“Maybe you receive pain selfishly — thinking only of yourself. The cycle of pain wounds every participant; both victim and aggressor.”

— Bryant McGill

“pain is inevitable but suffering is optional.”

— Rick Hanson

“Life so often becomes a determined, relentless avoidance of pain - of one's own, of other people's. But sometimes pain has to be acknowledged…

— Mary Balogh

“We can't prevent suffering. This pain and that pain, yes, but not Pain.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“The fact is, whenever you resist the pain that’s there, your suffering increases.”

— Elisha Goldstein

“Many people are unable to get rid of their pain completely because they haven't confronted themselves about their suffering.”

— Catherine Carrigan

“...I've come to learn that pain is inevitable in this world, but suffering is optional.”

— Helen Klein Ross

“When we are in constant pain, we cannot empathize with others, nor can we help them. It is only when we allow ourselves to…

— Vironika Tugaleva

“Why do we always think our pain will be less if we can make others suffer more?”

— Michael J. Collins

“If pain doesn't lead to humility, you have wasted your suffering.”

— Katerina Stoykova Klemer

“Pain is inevitable but suffering is a choice.”

— Terrence S.M. Popp