Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.

By far the worst pain
Is not to understand
Why without love or hate
My heart's full of pain.

It would be better if there were nothing. Since there is more pain than pleasure on earth, every satisfaction is only transitory, creating new desires and new distresses, and the agony of the devoured animal is always far greater than the pleasure of the devourer

A mighty pain to love it is,
And 't is a pain that pain to miss;
But of all pains, the greatest pain
It is to love, but love in vain.

Nothing forces us to know
What we do not want to know
Except pain

What pain do you want in your life?

Pain is not love. Love flowers; love gives without taking; love is serene and calm.

Perhaps pain is like a name,
Made to sing just for you.

Pleasure wouldn’t exist without the sharp bite of pain. Even the brief flash of orgasm is too intense to be absolutely pleasurable

Pain is no evil,
Unless it conquers us.

Life is pain

Of all pains, the greatest pain
Is to love, and love in vain.

Where to begin?
The pain I am in,
hard to know when to stop.
Out of the blue
a dream came true,
only to see it drop.
I'm no genius where love's concerned,
more fool me to pretend.
Whatever it takes, while my heart aches
I'll never love again.

What pain do you want in your life? What are you willing to struggle for?