Pain is knowledge rushing in to fill a void with great speed

The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.

i use pain to push me to greatness

Pain is a symphony - a complex response that includes not just a distinct sensation but also motor activity, a change in emotion, a focusing of attention, a brand-new memory.

Secret to success is learning how to use pain and pleasure, instead of having pain and pleasure use you.

Pain engraves a deeper memory.

the pain we suffer is a way to make us appreciate what comes next.

What is the key
To untie the knot of the mind’s suffering? Benevolent thought, sound
And movement.

Remember, pain serves a purpose.

Pain + Reflection = Progress

Through the radical undoing and debilitation of repeated pain we are reacquainted with the essentialities of place and time and existence itself; in deep pain we have energy only for what we can do wholeheartedly and then, only within a narrow range of motion, metaphorically or physically, from tying our shoelace to holding the essential core conversations that are reciprocal and reinforcing within the close-in circle of those we love. Pain teaches us a fine economy, in movement, in the heart’s affections, in what we ask of ourselves and eventually in what we ask in others.

Pain has a way of making us more honest.

There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.

Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies.