"Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional." (Rate this quote)

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

Classic quote.

 

[freakroor]

there Are methods of torture which are sure to cause both pain and suffering

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

there Are methods of torture which are sure to cause both pain and suffering

That's a valid point.

 

[Your Account]

doesnt make sense
we are not in a store where we are buying a TV and PS5 is optional lol
with pain you get the suffering for free

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

there Are methods of torture which are sure to cause both pain and suffering

The thing about this quote is that there could be a time when you are complete numb by pain, so in a sense you don't suffer anymore. Like say if you a whipped a 1000 times, I don't think the pain is as significant by that point.

That's what it means I guess, it's all in the mind. The nerves sending the messages to your brain, you can literally cut it off in sense. I know it's not easy, but it is plausible to a degree.

 

[NoSmilez]

Damn I thought it was a quote from DMX.

 

[Flower2dPeople]

Damn I thought it was a quote from DMX.

DMX made sense.

 

[Bobby00]

Sounds like a good quote for pain meds.

 

[William Huggins]

The thing about this quote is that there could be a time when you are complete numb by pain, so in a sense you don't suffer anymore. Like say if you a whipped a 1000 times, I don't think the pain is as significant by that point.

That's what it means I guess, it's all in the mind. The nerves sending the messages to your brain, you can literally cut it off in sense. I know it's not easy, but it is plausible to a degree.

That's why the human race has taken torture to an art form, we've now got the means to inflict pain on new levels............. Got to love humans..........

 

[William Huggins]

Sounds like a good quote for pain meds.

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.........When life is getting too much.....try Duragesic®

 

[Patrick Jane]

"You can't stop pain. How long will cocaine last?" is my favorite quote in regards to pain.

 

[Slobodan]

I would like @senri's opinion on this.

 

[BFoe]

Classic quote.

I don’t think that Buddha actually said that one

But it’s still a good quote.
The distinction here between pain and suffering is the distinction between something external happening to us, and the suffering we inflict on ourselves in its wake.

Example: getting laid off and losing your job causes mental/emotional pain, and that’s normal. But sinking into a pit of despair, drinking every day, blaming your former boss and co-workers, tearing yourself down over it, is the suffering part that really doesn’t have to be that way.

I gave it a 7.

 

[Spam On Rye]

Suffering is part of life. Buddha was a hack.

 

[BFoe]

Suffering is part of life. Buddha was a hack.

I don’t understand. Buddha didn’t deny that, in fact, you basically just quoted the First Noble Truth in Buddhism.

 

[Streeter]

I like " getting upset sometimes is inevitable but being offended is optional "

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

I don’t think that Buddha actually said that one

But it’s still a good quote.
The distinction here between pain and suffering is the distinction between something external happening to us, and the suffering we inflict on ourselves in its wake.

Example: getting laid off and losing your job causes mental/emotional pain, and that’s normal. But sinking into a pit of despair, drinking every day, blaming your former boss and co-workers, tearing yourself down over it, is the suffering part that really doesn’t have to be that way.

I gave it a 7.

Yeah good way of describing that quote in more detail. Thanks my friend.

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

I like " getting upset sometimes is inevitable but being offended is optional "

Yeah similar to that, I suppose.

 

[William Huggins]

I don’t think that Buddha actually said that one

But it’s still a good quote.
The distinction here between pain and suffering is the distinction between something external happening to us, and the suffering we inflict on ourselves in its wake.

Example: getting laid off and losing your job causes mental/emotional pain, and that’s normal. But sinking into a pit of despair, drinking every day, blaming your former boss and co-workers, tearing yourself down over it, is the suffering part that really doesn’t have to be that way.

I gave it a 7.

Can you hurry up and get to the vengeance bit!!!

 

[Thrawn33]

Yes I know the quote is slightly off