PAIN (NAGATO)

• Do not consort with fools, especially those who consider themselves wise.
• Never associate with those who share your defects—they will reinforce everything that holds you back.
• Never teach them enough so that they can do without you.
• Make others dependent on you.

• Perfectionists weigh all the factors in their quest to do the best thing, or to do anything in the best way, and eventually feel more boredom.
• The people who try to minimize pain are coming up with excuses to not do a certain activity.
• Those who want to maximize pleasure a...

“Likewise, no one loves or pursues or wants to experience suffering, not simply because of suffering itself, but because occasionally there are circumstances in which pain and suffering can give him great pleasure. As a simple example, who of us has ever done hard physical labor, other than to be...