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I don't think actually feeling pain is a good thing. It may have good results, but it would be better not to feel any pain at all. Perhaps you learn from painful experiences, but it's even better if you don't have to have them in the first place. On the other hand, the ability to feel pain is a very good thing indeed, as flstf points out.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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