Conditions Quote by Samuel Johnson

Our faults afflict us more than our good deeds console. Pain is ever uppermost in the conscience as in the heart.

— Sophie Swetchine

“For the ignorant, pain is a curse, but for the wise, it is a blessed moment for reinforcing one's inner goodness and morality.”

— Abhijit Naskar

We turn pain into suffering by adding on all kinds of beliefs, interpretations and judgments to it.

— Brenda Shoshanna

My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with…

— TS Eliot

My own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize…

— George Eliot

To avoid pain we must know the conditions of health. For the accomplishment of this end we must rely upon investigation instead of faith,…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

When we do not reject our suffering, or add anything to it, pain is simply pain.

— Ritu Ghatourey

Pain does not have a moral value. Drugs do not have a moral value. Life is good... to be cherished, promoted and supported. We,…

— Dan Brookoff

“How does immorality slip into a person's life who is experiencing great emotional pain? It does so in the form of relief. The adversary…

— Lois Mowday Rabey

The preponderance of pain over pleasure is the cause of our fictitious morality and religion.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“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

“Suffering goes beyond pain. It resides in the mind. It results from how we interpret what happens to us, not from the situation itself.”

— Robert S. Rosenthal