Optimism Quote by Henepola Gunaratana

“The lens of Pessimism ethics; pierces the illusions of optimism, reminds us that pain and evil are not mere outliers but prevailing forces in…

— Carson Anekeya

“Pain is a crucial part of our reality; it awakens a person from a mental stupor. A person must never be afraid to discover…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Within each experience of pain or negativity is the opportunity to challenge the perception that lies behind it and to choose to learn with…

— Gary Zukav

“Pain isn’t a lot of fun, at least not for most folks, but it is utterly unique to life. Pain — physical, emotional, and…

— Jim Butcher

The unending paradox is that we do learn through pain.

— Madeleine L'Engle

“What can you say about pain? Words can trace only the shadow of the thing itself. The reality of hard, sharp physical pain is…

— George R.R. Martin

“Life, at all times full of pain, is more painful in our time than in the two centuries that preceded it. The attempt to…

— Bertrand Russell

“Pain exists only in the mind. Whether an event is real or not doesn’t matter, only that the mind believes it is. Suffering can…

— Elizabeth Herrera

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

“Even if projects and new ventures do not work out, even if you undergo more disappointment or more suffering, at least you had the…

— Art Berg

“When pain becomes a way of existence, we stop hoping for an end to the suffering. The death of hope is its own resilience.”

— Sunyi Dean

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