Anonymous Quotes

Wounded oysters build out of gory wounds a pearl And create within the gap of pain a pearl.

An hour of pain is as long as a day of pleasure.

Pain past is pleasure.

Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you. Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional. Physical pain is a fact that comes with living, just as illness or financial woes or broken relationships are facts. But misery is a state of mind, a reaction to the facts, that […]

Man endures pain as an undeserved punishment; woman accepts it as a natural heritage.

The easy confidence with which I know another man’s religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.

The things you own end up owning you.

You are best to yourself when you are good to others.

When a man turns the light on others he must not expect to stay in the shade himself.

You can’t spell “brothers” without at the same time spelling “others.”