Tavi Gevinson

I think that when you make yourself vulnerable, the thing that you do next is better. It's not like you have to inflict pain on yourself in order to make yourself better, but I think it helps. The thing that bonds you to a new friend isn't that you went to a really fun party; it's 'cause you had a really weird, sad conversation.

American Writer

Irwin Shaw

An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.

American Novelist

Julian Baggini

The simplest and clearest motivation for taking animal welfare seriously is the recognition that pain is in and of itself a bad thing, and that to inflict significant amounts of it unnecessarily is wrong.

British Author

Gillian Flynn

I am a great believer in jobs for teens. They teach important life lessons, build character, and inflict just the right amount of humiliation necessary for future success in the working world.

American Author

Hjalmar Schacht

But the memory of war weighs undiminished upon the people's minds. That is because deeper than material wounds, moral wounds are smarting, inflicted by the so- called peace treaties.

German Economist

Marianne Williamson

Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.

Megan Phelps-Roper

We know that we've done and said things that hurt people. Inflicting pain on others wasn't the goal, but it was one of the outcomes. We wish it weren't so, and regret that hurt.

American Activist

Pervez Musharraf

Who has suffered? The families of the dead, no doubt. But a greater loss was inflicted on Pakistan because, as I said, we lost the pillars of our society.

Pakistani Statesman

Gary L. Francione

Because animals are property, we consider as 'humane treatment' that we would regard as torture if it were inflicted on humans.

American Educator

Mos Def

I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it.

American Musician

Inflict often carries emotional depth, highlighting the severity of what is suffered.

Emotional weight

Inflict is usually used in negative contexts to describe the act of causing suffering or pain.

Negative contexts

Inflict isn't restricted to physical pain; it can also refer to psychological or emotional harm.

Beyond physical

The word inflict suggests force or compulsion, especially with rules or judgments.

Unwelcome force

Inflict is often used to talk about consequences or results of actions, typically negative ones.

Consequence context

Use inflict when focusing on the outcome of an action rather than the action itself.

Outcome-oriented

 there is a widespread sentiment that life is cheap. In earlier times, when suffering and early death were common in one's own life, one has fewer compunctions about inflicting them on others. And as technology and economic efficiency make life longer and more pleasant, one puts a higher value on life in general.

The surprising decline...

 It's part of being human. In its worst form, the harm we inflict on loved ones shows up as abuse and violence, and relationship abuse is something that one in three women and one in four men will experience in their lifetime. Now, if you're like most people, when you hear those stats,

The difference between...

 impair your body's ability to deal with the forces on it. Poor posture inflicts extra wear and tear on your joints and ligaments, increases the likelihood of accidents, and makes some organs, like your lungs, less efficient. Researchers have linked poor posture to scoliosis,

The benefits of good...

 recapture the shark he reaches down with a hook stick and hooks the shark again in the mouth of course the shark does what any animal would do to protect itself it comes back and turns immediately toward the closest target that it imagines has inflicted this pain

Shark Attack! PIPE National...

 actually helped me do these pictures which with the aid of stencils a little you know we can actually make photographs with living cells this thing is not really working you know and what we were trying to do we're trying to inflict some kind of a comfortable

Finding the transformativ...

 But even more important, is to curb the curiosity to mine for the sordid details -- Where were you? Where did you do it? How often? Is she better than me in bed? -- questions that only inflict more pain, and keep you awake at night.

Rethinking infidelity...

 I'm pleased to say that there is now also a website looking at effective animal organizations. That's another cause that I've been concerned about all my life, the immense amount of suffering that humans inflict

Peter Singer: The why...

 less fortunate monitor lizards which may win them a few friends razor-sharp teeth and germ-laden saliva can inflict life-threatening wounds but water monitors rarely bite humans

Giant Carnivorous...

 despite not getting help from anybody else. For the next eight years, I saw friends die, I saw others go to prison and inflict untold pain

My descent into...

 only imagine the horrific damage brown bears inflict in an attack without this cage to protect me I'd stand no chance