Pain Quote by Richard A. Swenson

“What is there in our nature that is for ever urging us on towards pain and misery?”

— Mary Shelley

“Pain, as well as beauty, is necessary to give us perspective. We can place our suffering against the backdrop of time and allow our…

— Mary Pipher

“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

“Pain is as expansive as life itself. Pain grows with us and in us as a cultivation of life's unfolding.”

— Bryant McGill

“We cannot achieve personal enlightenment – a clarification of our souls – until we cease deluding ourselves. We must accept that life includes witnessing…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“The World is full of pain,suffering and many situations we never want to face. Truth is we must overcome it all to move on…

— Timothy Pina

“We all struggle to find meaning in a sometimes painful world.”

— Scott Jurek

“Suffering happens in the gap we hold between the expectations we have and reality. Flexing and finding the gifts in the gap resolves the…

— Poppy Jamie

“It is rarely in the world's history that its ideal has been one of joy and beauty. The worship of pain has far more…

— Oscar Wilde

“Life so often becomes a determined, relentless avoidance of pain - of one's own, of other people's. But sometimes pain has to be acknowledged…

— Mary Balogh

“Life is a gift, and should be cherished, lived and experienced. Though experience often reveals itself as pain in this world, it is still…

— Michael Poeltl

“Pain and suffering are inevitable in our lives, but misery is an option”

— Chip Beck