Hurtful quotes

„What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle.“

—  Rumi Iranian poet 1207 - 1273

„It is perhaps when our lives are at their most problematic that we are likely to be most receptive to beautiful things.“

—  Alain de Botton, book The Architecture of Happiness

Source: The Architecture of Happiness

„The more you love, the more you suffer“

—  Vincent Van Gogh Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890) 1853 - 1890

„There are years that ask questions and years that answer.“

—  Zora Neale Hurston, book Their Eyes Were Watching God

Source: Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), Ch. 3, p. 21.

„When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.“

—  Thich Nhat Hanh Religious leader and peace activist 1926

„Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.“

—  Corrie ten Boom Dutch resistance hero and writer 1892 - 1983

„If I know what love is, it is because of you.“

—  Hermann Hesse, book Narcissus and Goldmund

Narcissus and Goldmund (1930)

„Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.“

—  Mark Twain American author and humorist 1835 - 1910

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

—  Joseph Campbell American mythologist, writer and lecturer 1904 - 1987

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

„Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.“

—  Rosa Parks African-American civil rights activist 1913 - 2005

„The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too“

—  Ernest Hemingway, book Men Without Women

Disputed
Source: Claimed to be from Men Without Women, but it does not appear in that work. May have originated in a 2011 blogpost by Marc Chernoff entitled 30 things to stop doing to yourself http://www.marcandangel.com/2011/12/11/30-things-to-stop-doing-to-yourself/.

„For it is in giving that we receive.“

—  Francis of Assisi Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order 1182 - 1226

„You can be in love and not be in a relationship.“

—  RJ Intindola (Gandolfo)

1979

„From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were — I have not seen
As others saw —“

—  Edgar Allan Poe American author, poet, editor and literary critic 1809 - 1849

" Alone http://gothlupin.tripod.com/valone.html", l. 1-8 (written 1829, published 1875).
Context: From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were — I have not seen
As others saw — I could not bring
My passions from a common spring —
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow — I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone —
And all I lov'd — I lov'd alone

„Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship—never.“

—  Charles Caleb Colton British priest and writer 1777 - 1832

Vol. II; LXXXIII
Lacon

„The world is in your hands, now use it.“

—  Phil Collins English musician, songwriter and actor 1951

"Dance Into the Light"

„It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.“

—  Lou Holtz American college football coach, professional football coach, television sports announcer 1937

„You are -- your life, and nothing else.“

—  Jean Paul Sartre, No Exit

Source: No Exit

„My heart is breaking for a little love“

—  Christina Rossetti English poet 1830 - 1894