Find a place inside where there's joy and the joy will burn out the pain.

Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and oftentimes we call a man cold, when he is only sad.

Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power and vast possessions. Yet by this vain striving for perfection in a world where everything is relative, they wander even further away from inward peace and happiness of the mind.

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

If you feel pain, you're alive. If you feel other people's pain, you're a human being.

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.

We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

Pain is certain, suffering is optional.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

Oh! poverty is a weary thing, 'tis full of grief and pain; it keepeth down the soul of man, as with an iron chain.

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.