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Pain is an event, an experience that must be recognized, named, and then used in some way in order for the experience to change, to be transformed into something else, strength or knowledge or action. — Audre Lorde · 1984For all the happiness Mankind can gain
Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain. — John Dryden · 1665Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey. — Marcel Proust · 1922People live through such pain only once. Pain comes again-but it finds a tougher surface. — Willa Cather · 1915He knew that the moment he allowed what his life meant to enter fully into his consciousness, he would either kill himself or someone else. So he denied himself and acted tough. — Richard Wright · 1940I certainly believe we all suffer damage, one way or another. How could we not, except in a world of perfect parents, siblings, neighbours, companions? And then there is the question, on which so much depends, of how we react to the damage: whether we admit it or repress it, and how this affects our dealings with others. Some admit the damage, and try to mitigate it; some spend their lives trying to help others who are damaged; and then there are those whose main concern is to avoid further damage to themselves, at whatever cost. And those are the ones who are ruthless, and the ones to be careful of. — Julian Barnes · 2011Suffering2 quotes
Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey. — Marcel Proust · 1922I certainly believe we all suffer damage, one way or another. How could we not, except in a world of perfect parents, siblings, neighbours, companions? And then there is the question, on which so much depends, of how we react to the damage: whether we admit it or repress it, and how this affects our dealings with others. Some admit the damage, and try to mitigate it; some spend their lives trying to help others who are damaged; and then there are those whose main concern is to avoid further damage to themselves, at whatever cost. And those are the ones who are ruthless, and the ones to be careful of. — Julian Barnes · 2011Happiness1 quote
For all the happiness Mankind can gain
Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain. — John Dryden · 1665Learning from suffering1 quote
Pain is an event, an experience that must be recognized, named, and then used in some way in order for the experience to change, to be transformed into something else, strength or knowledge or action. — Audre Lorde · 1984Lying to oneself1 quote
He knew that the moment he allowed what his life meant to enter fully into his consciousness, he would either kill himself or someone else. So he denied himself and acted tough. — Richard Wright · 1940Pleasure1 quote
For all the happiness Mankind can gain
Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain. — John Dryden · 1665Pleasure and pain1 quote
For all the happiness Mankind can gain
Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain. — John Dryden · 1665Thick skin1 quote
People live through such pain only once. Pain comes again-but it finds a tougher surface. — Willa Cather · 1915Toughness1 quote
People live through such pain only once. Pain comes again-but it finds a tougher surface. — Willa Cather · 1915