Richard Paul Evans Quotes

If you start to dwell on your pain, the amount of pain will increase.

Pain is not the same as suffering. Left to itself, the body discharges pain spontaneously, letting go of it the moment that the underlying cause is healed. Suffering is pain that we hold on to. It comes from the mind’s mysterious instinct to believe that pain is good, or that it cannot be escaped, or that the person deserves it.

Pain is inevitable as long as you are identified with your mind.

The intensity of the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment.

There's not some finite amount of pain inside us. Our bodies and minds just keep manufacturing more of it.

I cling to depression, thinking it a form of truth.

That's the thing about pain, it demands to be felt.

I could not answer the ceaseless inward question-why I thus suffered; now, at the distance of-I will not say how many years, I see it clearly.

Isn't the fear of pain next brother to pain itself?

Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some.

Pain - physical, emotional and spiritual pain - is more than just a condition that needs to be silenced, numbed or "fixed." Pain in all its forms is also a message, a kind of distress signal to our hearts and minds. There are times when it's really important to tune into that message and just listen to it. When we don't listen, our understanding of the world gets more and more distorted, and we become capable of doing things we very often regret.

Uncomfortable thoughts must be got rid of by good intentions for the future.

I try to always be in touch with my emotions so that I'm mentally clear.

Stress is a form of suffering.

I do not perceive even one other thing, O monks, that when undeveloped and uncultivated entails such great suffering as the mind. The mind when undeveloped and uncultivated entails great suffering.

The imagination is always the best torturer.

Most suffering is human-made and avoidable. It's mostly in your head.

All pain is the same. Only the details are different.

Pain isn't always the enemy.

A big part of pain is the subjective reaction of trying to revolt against pain. If it's there, it's better to deal with it. Most of it is "I cannot stand it," and that component is enhancing pain so much.

You must have a clear mental picture of the correct thing before you can do it successfully.

Just as it is the love of money that is the root of all evil, it is the belief in shamefulness that is the root of all misery.

Never underestimate the ruthlessness of the ego to keep you in a state of suffering in which you voluntarily participate.

The various forms of despair at the various stations on the road.

The mind grows sicker than the body in contemplation of it's suffering.