Been hurt Quote by Ralph Ellison

If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. It is…

— Marcus Aurelius

So I make no effort to hide my pain. I don’t ever put it all on display like this—but for today and all the…

— Ann Aguirre

“It is also necessary in both public and private life to refrain consistently and empathically from inflicting pain. To act or speak violently out…

— Karen Armstrong

Be present to the pain in you¦ without blaming another. Refuse to fight or protect yourself.

— Senoraroy

Unexplained pain may sometimes direct our attention to something unacknowledged, something we are afraid to know or feel. Then it holds us to our…

— Rachel Naomi Remen

It's very difficult to advocate for yourself while you're in excruciating pain.

— Chandra Wilson

I surrender it to God, knowing that the pain itself is a product or a reflection of how I am interpreting whatever it is…

— Marianne Williamson

“When something that’s a part of you causes you so much pain–pain others inflict–you obsess about it.”

— Cheryl Rainfield

I, who have never willfully pained another, have no business to pain myself.

— Marcus Aurelius

“We may deny that an event occurred, or we may act as though it was unimportant. For instance, when someone we love dies, or…

— Peter A. Levine

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

In truth, you like the pain. You like it because you believe you deserve it.

— Marya Hornbacher