“Invited, not inflicted; of all wounds, those that seem willful are the worst to bear.”
“There are disappointments which wring us, and there are those which inflict a wound whose mark we bear to our graves. Such are so keen that no future gratification of the same desire can ever obliterate them: they become registered as a permanent loss of happiness.”
“Hiroshima is like a nakedly exposed wound inflicted on all mankind.”
“We are always better than before when those we love inflict wounds upon us.”
“What inflicts the mind, inflicts the body. What inflicts the soul inflicts the body. Physical wounds heal much quicker but spiritual, emotional and spiritual wounds takes much longer of healing.”
“While wounds can be inflicted easily upon those we love, it's often much more difficult to heal them.”