Variant: Pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of everything, even pain.
Source: Freak the Mighty
“But who can remember pain, once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind.”
Source: The Handmaid's Tale
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“Even though I was young, I could see the pain of the flesh and the worth of the pain.”
Source: The Joy Luck Club (1989), Ch. 2, pg. 48

“When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.”

“Scars are just a treasure map for pain you've buried too deep to remember.”
Source: Lone Wolf

“3834. Out of Sight; out of Mind.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“The light is too painful for someone who wants to remain in darkness.”
Source: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment