Every man Quote by Dean Koontz

Pain is a gift. Humanity, without pain, would know neither fear nor pity.

— Dean Koontz

The recognition of pain and fear in others give rise in us to pity, and in our pity is our humanity, our redemption.

— Dean Koontz

It is our own pain, and our own desire to be free of it, that alerts us to the suffering of the world. It…

— Sylvia Boorstein

Is there anything more true than human pain? Is there anything more sincere than the cry for help from those who suffer? Only a…

— Ignacy Jan Paderewski

In our inherent contradictions as humans, and in order to validate our own pain, we deny the pain of others. But it is in…

— Hamza Yusuf

Pain is what the world inflicts upon us. Suffering is our emotional reaction when we fail to make the difficult conscious choice to choose…

— Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional. We cannot avoid pain, but we can avoid joy.

— Tim Hansel

Pain is inevitable, it eventually touches us all. Suffering is optional.

— Sean Stephenson

Pain is the basic mechanism built into us by millions of years of evolution which safeguards us by warning when something threatens our survival.

— Robert A. Heinlein

To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain.

— Herman Melville

Suffering... is not just lots of pain but pain amplified by distinctly human emotions such as regret, self-pity, shame, humiliation, and dread.

— Michael Pollan

Pity aims just as little at the pleasure of others as malice at the pain of others Per-Se.

— Friedrich Nietzsche