My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain.

To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

Laugh as much as you breathe. Love as long as you live.

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.

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

The wise man accepts his pain, endures it, but does not add to it.

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

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

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.

The growth of the mind is the widening of the range of consciousness, and . . . each step forward has been a most painful and laborious achievement.