Wounded oysters build out of gory wounds a pearl And create within the gap of pain a pearl.
Anonymous Quotes
An hour of pain is as long as a day of pleasure.
Pain past is pleasure.
Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you. Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional. Physical pain is a fact that comes with living, just as illness or financial woes or broken relationships are facts. But misery is a state of mind, a reaction to the facts, that […]
Man endures pain as an undeserved punishment; woman accepts it as a natural heritage.
The easy confidence with which I know another man’s religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.
The things you own end up owning you.
You can’t spell “brothers” without at the same time spelling “others.”
When other people take a long time to do something, they’re slow. When we take a long time, we’re thorough. When other people don’t do something, they’re lazy. When we don’t do something, we’re too busy. When other people succeed, they’re lucky. When we succeed, we deserve it.
Nobody raises his reputation by lowering others.
