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Pain Quotes by Dalai Lama
- Your own pain is involuntary; you feel overwhelmed and have no control. When feeling the pain of others, there is an element of discomfort, but…
- We often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally.
- Lack of understanding of the true nature of happiness, it seems to me, is the principal reason why people inflict sufferings on others. They think…
- It is in everybody's interest to seek those [actions] that lead to happiness and avoid those which lead to suffering. And because our interests are…
- I do not see any reason why animals should be slaughtered to serve as human diet when there are so many substitutes. After all, man…
- Pain can change you, but that doesn't mean it has to be a bad change. Take that pain and turn it into wisdom.
- Our visit to this planet is short, so we should use our time meaningfully, which we can do by helping others wherever possible. And if…
- To the extent that our experience of suffering reminds us of what everyone else also endures, it serves as a powerful inspiration to practice compassion…
- All living beings have experience of pleasure and pain, and we are among them. What makes human beings different is that we have a powerful…
- Where there is a mind, there are feelings such as pain, pleasure, and joy. No sentient being wants pain: all wants happiness instead.
- There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is,…
- If you have fear of some pain or suffering, you should examine whether there is anything you can do about it. If you can, there…
- Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants…
- All suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their own happiness or satisfaction
- Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not…
- Whether one is rich or poor, educated or illiterate, religious or nonbelieving, man or woman, black, white, or brown, we are all the same. Physically,…
- I pray for all of us, oppressor and friend, that together we may succeed in building a better world through human understanding and love, and…
- I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness…
- pain is inevitable,suffering is optional... we have bigger houses,but smaller families. More conveniences,but less time. We have knowledge,but less judgements; more experts,but more problems ;…
- I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness…
More Pain Quotes
- The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. — Aristotle
- Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. — Aristotle
- Pain is something that's common to human life. When we ignore it, we aren't engaging in the whole reality, and the pain… — Karen Armstrong
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong
- Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever. — Lance Armstrong
- Marathons are hard because of the physical pain, the pounding on the muscles, joints, tendons. — Lance Armstrong
- Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that… — Kevyn Aucoin
- The greatest evil is physical pain. — Saint Augustine
- We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and… — Saint Augustine
- Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. — Marcus Aurelius
- What used to keep me up at night was the fact that I didn't know how I was going to pay the… — Paul Auster
- Pain is never permanent. — Teresa of Avila