“Socialism is not a science, a sociology in miniature: it is a cry of pain.”
Émile Durkheim (1858–1917) French sociologist (1858-1917)
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“The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.”
Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
“There is darkness in light, there is pain in joy, and there are thorns on the rose.”
Cate Tiernan (1961) American novelist
“Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.”
Thomas Hardy book The Mayor of Casterbridge
Source: The Mayor of Casterbridge
“Pain is the body's way of ridding itself of weakness.”
Dean Karnazes (1962) American distance runner
Source: Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner
“winners see the gain; losers see the pain.”
Shiv Khera (1961) Indian politician
Source: You Can Win: A Step by Step Tool for Top Achievers
“Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.”
Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
“Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.”
Martha Graham (1894–1991) American dancer and choreographer
“Of joys departed,
Not to return, how painful the remembrance!”
Part I, line 109.
The Grave (1743)
“Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.”
Perfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim.
Ovid (-43–17 BC) Roman poet
“Pain is truth; all else is subject to doubt.”
J.M. Coetzee book Waiting for the Barbarians
Source: Waiting for the Barbarians
“Pain hurts, sir. I don't court it.”
Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Saga
Vorkosigan Saga, The Vor Game (1990)
“There is no kindness at courts, only greed and lies and pain.”
Melinda M. Snodgrass (1951) American writer
Source: Queen's Gambit Declined (1989), Chapter 13 (p. 157)
“They had all they needed. They had the madness of pain.”
Hubert Selby Jr. book The Room
The Room (1971)
“It is painful to think about ruthlessness as an engine of improvement.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb book Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012), p. 75
“[ Cruelty is more cruell if we defer the pain. ]”
George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“Life's most painful condition: to be almost a celebrity.”
Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“To hurry pain is to leave a classroom still in session.”
Yahia Lababidi (1973)
Signposts to Elsewhere (2008)