Quotes about pain
pain cancer father
My father's death from prostate cancer in 1993 was tragic. He never complained about pain. He was a fighter. By the time he was ready to die he wasn't able to die in the way that he wanted to, which seemed an outrage to me. Zoe Wanamaker
pain rap moving
I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me. Zubin Mehta
pain silent harlem-renaissance
If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it. Zora Neale Hurston
pain thinking animal
I think animals should be free. There's so much other food out there that doesn't have to involve you in that cycle of pain and death. Zack de la Rocha
pain business giving
Yeah, leading an examined life, I always say, is a pain in the ass. It adds an element of complexity to business that most businessmen don't want to hear about. They just want to call a fabric manufacturer, and say, "Hey, give us 10,000 yards of shirting." Yvon Chouinard
pain extinction empires
There is a beginning and end to all life - and to all human endeavors. Species evolve and die off. Empires rise, then break apart. Businesses grow, then fold. There are no exceptions. I'm OK with all that. Yet it pains me to bear witness to the sixth great extinction, where we humans are directly responsible for the extirpation of so many wonderful creatures and invaluable indigenous cultures. It saddens me to observe the plight of our own species; we appear to be incapable of solving our problems.
pain lying doubt
Beyond doubt, there was a certain splendor in pain, which bore a deep affinity to the splendor that lies hidden within strength. Yukio Mishima
pain acceptance persistence
Pain, I came to feel, might well prove to be the sole proof of the persistence of consciousness within the flesh, the sole physical expression of consciousness. As my body acquired muscle, and in turn strength, there was gradually born within me a tendency towards the positive acceptance of pain, and my interest in physical suffering deepened.
pain darkness age
He had never looked forward to the wisdom and other vaunted benefits of old age. Would he be able to die young—and if possible free of all pain? A graceful death—as a richly patterned kimono, thrown carelessly across a polished table, slides unobtrusively down into the darkness of the floor beneath. A death marked by elegance.
pain stress moving
It don't last forever, the pain. Realize that tomorrow is coming. Move further from this pain and this stress. Ziggy Marley
painting film very-happy
Seeing Cubism paintings at the Beaubourg makes me very happy and also old films. Yves Saint Laurent
pain dark understanding
Only by understanding the wisdom of natural foods and their effects on the body, shall we attain mastery of disease and pain, which shall enable us to relieve the burden of mankind. William Harvey
pain men justice
There is evil poured upon the earth from the overflowings of corruption-- Sickness, and poverty, and pain, and guilt, and madness, and sorrow; But, as the water from a fountain riseth and sinketh to its level, Ceaselessly toileth justice to equalize the lots of men. William Hazlitt
painter scholar
The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of nature.
pain hate hatred
Pure good soon grows insipid, wants variety and spirit. Pain is a bittersweet, which never surfeits. Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust. Hatred alone is immortal.
pain power pleasure
Power is pleasure; and pleasure sweetens pain.
pain giving bears
A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain, but teaches us at every step the precarious tenure on which we hold our present being.
pain giving littles
The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings.
pain littles sometimes
Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road. Wendelin Van Draanen
pain heart tears
I wipe away my tears and nod, because the pain in my leg is nothing compare to the one in my heart.
pain convince-us practice
The people who benefit from this state of affairs have been at pains to convince us that the agricultural practices and policies that have almost annihilated the farming population have greatly benefited the population of food consumers. But more and more consumers are now becoming aware that our supposed abundance of cheap and healthful food is to a considerable extent illusory. Wendell Berry
pain acceptance blow
If you grow a garden you are going to shed some sweat, and you are going to spend some time bent over; you will experience some aches and pains. But it is in the willingness to accept this discomfort that we strike the most telling blow against the power plants and what they represent.
pain men talking
Less pains in the world a man cannot take than to bold his tongue. Walter Raleigh
pain evil silence
No one can take less pains than to hold his tongue. Hear much, and speak little; for the tongue is the instrument of the greatest good and greatest evil that is done in the world.
pain blunt
A blunt a day will take the pain away. Waka Flocka Flame
pain writing journey
Heaven knows what pains the author has been at, what bitter experience he has endured and what heartache suffered, to give some chance reader a few hours' relaxation or to while away the tedium of a journey. W. Somerset Maugham
pain children artist
It is not for nothing that artists have called their works the children of their brains and likened the pains of production to the pains of childbirth.
pain men mind
It must be that there is something naturally absurd in a sincere emotion, though why there should be I cannot imagine, unless it is that man, the ephemeral inhabitant of an insignificant planet, with all his pain and all his striving is but a jest in an eternal mind.
pain selfish women
I know that you're selfish, selfish beyond words, and I know that you haven't the nerve of a rabbit, I know you're a liar and a humbug, I know that you're utterly contemptible. And the tragic part is'--her face was on a sudden distraught with pain--'the tragic part is that notwithstanding I love you with all my heart.
pain heart passion
She would try to relieve the pain of love by first roughly rubbing her dry lips against mine; then my darling would draw away with a nervous toss of her hair, and then again come darkly near and let me feed on her open mouth, while with a generosity that was ready to offer her everything, my heart, my throat, my entrails, I gave her to hold in her awkward first the scepter of my passion. Vladimir Nabokov
pain parent hungry
Perhaps one feels more pain when parents are there. It's like when you're hungry, you know, it's worse to get a symbol of a cheeseburger than no cheeseburger at all. It doesn't do you any good, you know. Yoko Ono
pain artist
What all of us artists are doing is using our pain as material to create our work.
pain sadness creativity
Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.