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Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born; and never can be taught.

Pain is something that's common to human life. When we ignore it, we aren't engaging in the whole reality, and the pain begins to fester.

If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet.

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

People have so much pain inside them that they're not even aware of.

Pain is an event. It happens to you, and you deal with it in whatever way you can.

Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.

There's always pain around. That's one thing you can guarantee in life - there will always be a surplus of pain.