Ask yourself Quote by Catherine Carrigan

You must make up your mind to the prospect of sustaining a certain measure of pain and trouble in you'r passage through life.

— John Henry Newman

One thing I'm recognizing more and more in myself - and looking to change - is going down more of a self-destructive path when…

— Tyler Blackburn

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

— Bryant McGill

“I used to think that pain was my body’s way of telling me something was wrong. Now I think that while that is sometimes…

— Paul Klipp

“Next time you are in physical pain, pause to ask yourself, "What is the emotion I am suffering with this?”

— Catherine Carrigan

I've come to realize that when people are not reaching their highest potential or whatever goals they set out for themselves, they're more inclined…

— Eric Thomas

Body or mind, heart or soul, we're all human, and we're supposed to feel pain. You cut yourself off from it at your own…

— Jim Butcher

There always comes, I think, a sort of peak in suffering at which either you win over your pain or your pain wins over…

— Elizabeth Goudge

“If we turn away from our own pain, we may find ourselves projecting this aversion onto others, seeing them as somehow inadequate for being…

— Sharon Salzberg

“When we truly allow ourselves to feel our own pain, over time it comes to seem less personal. We start to recognize that what…

— Sharon Salzberg

“It is entirely possible to feel someone’s pain, acknowledge their suffering, hold it in our hands and support them with our presence without depleting…

— Rana Awdish

When we start out on a spiritual path we often have ideals we think we're supposed to live up to. We feel we're supposed…

— Pema Chodron