The great decisions of human life have as a rule far more to do with the instincts and other mysterious unconscious factors than with conscious will and well-meaning reasonableness.
There is no coming to consciousness without pain.
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The wise man accepts his pain, endures it, but does not add to it.
My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain.
If you feel pain, you're alive. If you feel other people's pain, you're a human being.
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.
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.
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
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.
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 try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
