Life is pain...anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something

It's pain that changes our lives.

...just remember, darling, it is pain that changes our lives.

All life is rooted in pain. There can be no escape, but love makes the hurt bearable.

Move out or grow in any dimension and pain as well as joy will be your reward. A full life will be full of pain.

Life is difficult.

Pain is a part of growing-up. It is how we learn

A full life will be full of pain. But the only alternative is not to live fully or not to live at all.

Pain is truth; all else is subject to doubt.

There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.

What pain do you want in your life?

In real pain we have no other choice but to learn to ask for help and on a daily basis. Pain tells us we belong and cannot live forever alone or in isolation. Pain makes us understand reciprocation.

There is no normal life that is free of pain. It's the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.

The Buddha famously said that life is suffering. I’m not a Buddhist, but I know what he meant and so do you. To exist in this world, we must contend with humiliation, broken dreams, sadness, and loss. That’s just nature. Each specific life comes with its own personalized portion of pain. It’s coming for you. You can’t stop it. And you know it.