Hurting Yourself Quotes

“We experience pain not from others, but from those to whom we are deeply attached. The stronger the bond, the deeper the wounds. Yet, the fear of getting hurt when breaking these connections prevents us from letting go, and that is why we endure repeated and unceasing pain.”
― Sanu Sharma

“Knowing to do the right thing, but playing stupid to oblige to it, is still lying.”
― Anthony Liccione

“How ignorant can you be to hurt another person? You cannot hurt someone else without hurting yourself first.”
― Debasish Mridha

“If someone hurts you, he is hurting himself. He may not be able to escape that hurt in his lifetime.”
― Debasish Mridha

“Never think of hurting anyone else, if you do, you are already hurting yourself.”
― Debasish Mridha

“The incest victim's need for self-punishment often leads her into self-abusive behaviors like alcoholism, drug abuse, or prostitution.”
― Susan Forward, Betrayal of Innocence: Incest and Its Devastation

“Have men and women always got to hurt each other this way?' cried Ralph.
'Yes. Anybody that ain't content with being a peddler is going to hurt himself and everybody else, I guess,' said Joe.”
― Sinclair Lewis, Mantrap