The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.

The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.

Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.

Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.

Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.
from the poem
The Cotter’s Saturday Night.

Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.
from the poem
The Cotter’s Saturday Night.

Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air

Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how read more

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.

When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.

There is purpose in pain,
Otherwise it were devilish.

There is purpose in pain,
Otherwise it were devilish.

Pain is weakness leaving the body.

Pain is weakness leaving the body.

Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.

Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.