Pain is not seen as an objection to life: 'If you have no happiness left to give me, well then! you still have your pain...

There was nothing like the pain of the present to cure the pain of the past.

If you accept the pain, it cannot hurt you.

Our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strengths.

When someone stabs you it’s not your fault that you feel pain.

My pain's not ashamed to repeat itself

Healing is forgiving the pain of your past, knowing it has shaped you into who you are today.

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

The only way to heal from the pain
of the past is to walk through that pain
in the present. It's terrifying, I know.
It feels safer to just let the pain continue
to smolder in the darkest parts of yourself.
But the dark parts need tending, too, my friend.
Don't be afraid to breathe life back into those
embers of old pain, to rekindle the fires of
unhealed hurts. The flames aren't there to burn
you. They are there to light your way through
pain to healing. You can walk through courageous
and confident or shaking in your boots. It doesn't
matter. Just walk through it. Hurt will transform
into hope, wounds into wisdom, suffering into
scars that tell of battles won and lost and of a
human who survived it all.

Be completely aware of your pain, but don’t allow it to define who you are. Pain is an emotion that passes.

And I don't wanna hear you tell yourself
That these feelings are in the past
You know it doesn't mean they're off the shelf
Because pain's built to last
Everybody sails alone
But we can travel side by side
Even if you fail
You know that no one really minds

Pain is unavoidable, but suffering is optional.

If you can recognize and accept your pain without running away from it, you will discover that although pain is there, joy can also be there at the same time.

A moment's pain can be a lifetime's gain.