"Whenever you suffer pain, keep in mind that it's nothing to be ashamed of and that it can't degrade your guiding intelligence, nor keep it from acting rationally and for the common good. And in most cases you should be helped by the saying of Epicurus, that pain is never unbearable or unending, so you can remember these limits and not add to them in your imagination. Remember too that many common annoyances are pain in disguise, such as sleepiness, fever and loss of appetite. When they start to get you down, tell yourself you are giving in to pain."-MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.64
(“고통을 겪을 때마다 고통은 부끄러워할 일이 아니며, 그 고통이 우리를 이끄는 지성을 저하시키거나 합리적이고 공익을 위해 행동하는 것을 막을 수 없다는 사실을 명심하세요. 그리고 대부분의 경우 고통은 결코 참을 수 없거나 영원하지 않다고 하는 에피쿠로스의 말에 도움을 받아 이러한 한계를 기억하고 상상 속에서 고통을 더하지 않도록 해야 합니다. 졸음, 발열, 식욕 부진과 같은 일반적인 성가신 증상도 고통을 가장한 것임을 기억하세요. 그런 것들이 당신을 주저앉히기 시작하면 스스로에게 고통에 굴복하고 있다고 말하세요."-마르쿠스 아우렐리우스, 명상, 7.64)
In 1931, on a trip to New York City, Winston Churchill was struck crossing the street by a car going more than thirty miles an hour. A witness at the scene was sure that he had been killed. He would spend some eight days in the hospital, with cracked ribs and a severe head wound.
Churchill somehow retained consciousness. When he spoke to the police, he went to great lengths to insist that he was completely to blame and wanted no harm to come to the driver. Later, the driver came to visit Churchill at the hospital. When Churchill heard that the driver was out of...
