The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings.
Ours is a world which feels so unsettled and dangerous in large ways, whether it's terrorism or global financial meltdown or climate change - huge things that affect us deeply, and yet things about which we can do, individually, very little.
Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life.
People have so much pain inside them that they're not even aware of.
We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.
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.
The greatest evil is physical pain.
It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human beings I've known and of my own life, such as it is, I can't recall any case of pain which didn't, on the whole, enrich life.
Whether we fear pain and suffering or not, pain and suffering will come to everyone. Why not keep our minds focused on where we want to go?