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The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good read more
I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.
In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.
In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.
Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, read more
Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the pleasure taken in them naturally has a somewhat melancholy character. So, melancholy is morbid only when it occupies too much place in life; but it is equally morbid for it to be wholly excluded from life.
One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society, and vital for the development of some read more
Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society, and vital for the development of some of the most refined and elegant qualities of human potential.
Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month I can be read more
Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month I can be myself.
All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be read more
All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.
Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.
Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.