The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings.
Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life.
We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.
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.
Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us.
People have so much pain inside them that they're not even aware of.
That's the great paradox of living on this earth, that in the midst of great pain you can have great joy as well. If we didn't have those things we'd just be numb.
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.
We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.
It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.