More not so random quotes

The greater your capacity to love,

the greater your capacity to feel the pain.

~Jennifer Aniston

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People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that's bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they're afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they're wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It's all in how you carry it. That's what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you're letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain.

~Jim Morrison

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We must embrace pain

and burn it as fuel for our journey.

~Kenji Miyazawa

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Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.

~Robert Gary Lee

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The pain passes, but the beauty remains.

~Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing,

I would choose pain

~William Faulkner

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If you are distressed by anything external,

the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it;

and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

~Marcus Aurelius