Quotes about pain
pain heart becoming
When the heart is pierced, there is pain, yes, but also an invitation to a greater becoming. Marianne Williamson
pain thinking joy
If I'm honest with myself, I think it's probably true I have learned more in my life through pain than through joy. But hopefully that's changing. Marianne Williamson
pain past giving
What the ego doesn't want us to see is that our pain doesn't come from the love we weren't given in the past, but from the love we ourselves aren't giving in the present. Marianne Williamson
pain regret self
If you did something in 1975 that you deeply regret and that you now can recognize as having been profoundly irresponsible, for example, the only way to be lifted out of deep regret and the pain over it is through atonement - through the kind of remorse that leads to genuine atonement, the making of amends, and forgiveness of self and others. Marianne Williamson
pain miracle ego
Yes, whatever happened, happened; but what happens now is up to you. You can respond from ego, ensuring pain, or you can respond from spirit, ensuring a miracle. Marianne Williamson
pain world principles
After decades of declining influence on the affairs of the world, there is once again a widespread consideration of spritual principles as an antidote to the pain of our times. Marianne Williamson
pain looks consciousness
To look to God is to look to the realm of consciousness that can deliver us from the pain of living. Marianne Williamson
pain moving creativity
Chaos often fosters the greatest creativity. Breakdowns often precede the greatest breakthroughs. And when the pain is greatest is often when we're on the brink of the greatest realization.....When the pain is burned through rather than numbed, when our darkness is brought to light and then forgiven, then and only then can we move on. And move on we do. Marianne Williamson
pain joy world
We live in a world of constant juxtaposition between joy that's possible and pain that's all too common. We hope for love and success and abundance, but we never quite forget that there is always lurking the possibility of disaster. Marianne Williamson
pain giving-up responsibility
We give up what we want to give up and keep what in some way we still want to keep. There are payoffs for holding on to small, weak patterns. We have an excuse not to shine. We don't have to take responsibility for the world when we're spending all our time in emotional pain. We're too busy. The truth that sets us free is an embrace of the divine within us. Marianne Williamson
pain grief trying
Some pain is simply the normal grief of human existence. That is pain that I try to make room for. Marianne Williamson
pain world excuse
We shouldn't come up with a pseudo-spiritual excuse for turning away from the pain of the world. Marianne Williamson
pain self phoenix
Allowing the pain of personal growth to be a crucible of your spirit-the alchemical grail through which the metal of your former self turns into gold-is one of the highest callings of life. Pain can burn you up and destroy you, or burn you up and redeem you. It can deliver you to an entrenched despair, or deliver you to your higher self. At midlife we decide, consciously or unconsciously, the path of the victim or the path of the phoenix when it is rising up at last. Marianne Williamson
pain thinking hands
I don't think pain is a prerequisite for growth, but on the other hand, most of us choose very painful ways to learn. Marianne Williamson
pain mistake heart
It can take years of tears to melt the hardness that develops in this world, covering our tender, gentler inner selves. Tears for every devastating loss, tears for every humiliating failure, tears for every repeated mistake. Those who honor those tears, and even honor them, are not failures at love but rather its true initiates. First the pain and then the power. First the heart breaks and then it soars. Marianne Williamson
pain reflection
The pain itself is a product or a reflection of how I am interpreting whatever it is that is causing me pain. Marianne Williamson
pain singing world
We cannot get to our knowledge because the world is too loud. And we tend to make it louder as we cry out in pain, pretending we are singing. Marianne Williamson
painful-experiences needs painful
Painful experiences are not meant to linger. They are meant to teach us what they need to teach us, and then dissolve. Marianne Williamson
pain people pleasure
Pleasure can be used to enslave a people just as effectively as pain. Marianne Williamson
pain hate commitment
World conditions challenge us to look beyond the status quo for responses to the pain of our times. We look to powers within as well as powers without. A new, spiritually based social activism is beginning to assert itself. It stems not from hating what is wrong and trying to fight it, but from loving what could be and making the commitment to bring it forth. Marianne Williamson
pain trying want
You don't want to try to protect yourself from the pain of a crisis. You want to learn everything you can from it. Marianne Williamson
pain heart greatest-treasure
In every heart there is an inner room, where we can hold our greatest treasures and our deepest pain. Marianne Williamson
pain plato food
In 'The Republic' he [Plato] states that the enjoyment of food is not a true pleasure because the purpose of eating is to relieve pain - hunger. Mark Kurlansky
pain mistake errors
The most difficult days have been the ones I've had to spend correcting a mistake. We're all human, and we make errors in spite of the pains we take not to. It's important to take ownership of the situation and to work to make it right.
pain distance where-you-live
Some pain you can distance yourself from, but a headache sits right where you live. Mark Lawrence
pain sadness speed
I wanna outrace the speed of pain. Marilyn Manson
pain ashamed repeats
My pain's not ashamed to repeat itself Marilyn Manson
pain want matter
I just want to protect them no matter how much pain befalls me. Masashi Kishimoto
pain hate sadness
Now there's something I understand a little better. Hate, sadness, even joy. to be able to share it with another person...Naruto Uzumaki from fighting him i learned that. he knew pain like i did and then he taught me that you can change your path. I wish that one day i can be needed by someone. Not as a frightening weapon...But as the sand's Kazekage. Masashi Kishimoto
pain thinking mad
Then when I saw Pain attack Hinata, I was so mad, so full of rage, I let the Nine-Tails take over without even thinking about it. Masashi Kishimoto
pain loneliness winning
People cannot win against their loneliness because loneliness is this world’s worst kind of pain. Masashi Kishimoto
pain distance comedy
Comedy distances pain, but leaves signs of it everywhere. Mason Cooley
pain real joy
Many pains are imaginary, but all joys are real. Mason Cooley