Misery, anger, indignation, discomfort-those conditions produce literature. Contentment-never. So there you are. — T. E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
By compassion we make others' misery our own, and so, by relieving them, we relieve ourselves also. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
'Misery' left a lasting mark on me. When I die, it will be 'Kathy 'Misery' Bates Is Dead.' — Kathy Bates Copy Share Image
The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a splendid misery. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
religion is to misogyny as disease is to misery - not the sole cause, but a significant contributor — PZ Myers Copy Share Image
Do you know why God subjects you to so many miseries? That He may bestow on you the riches of heaven. — Paul of the Cross Copy Share Image
Oh, law and order! I often think it is that that is at the bottom of all the misery in the world. — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us - that is all He… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
We are inclined to call things by the wrong names. We call prosperity 'happiness', and adversity 'misery' eventhough adversity is the school… — William Penn Copy Share Image
“I feel the overwhelming ache from surviving day after day in this miserable system that looks like a miserable world. To live… — Belle Townsend Copy Share Image
Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it. — Boethius Copy Share Image
“Misery only added to the cumulative experience of the adventure that would ultimately sculpt me into a stronger, more resilient human being.” — Kyle Rohrig Copy Share Image
She can't hold her own! Who would have known! She is misery's company! She's got no place to go! No place to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you love a Dream Woman ... let her stay the divine Woman of the Dream. To awaken and clasp flesh and… — William John Locke Copy Share Image
“Good and evil have an equal share in moulding character, and in some instances misery is a greater teacher than happiness.” — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Some people don't know how to relax and have fun. Stop taking everything so seriously, life's too short to be uptight and… — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
I have heard from my father and mother all the answers that faith in God could offer to those who doubt and… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
“I have sometimes thought that the mere hearing of those songs would do more to impress some minds with the horrible character… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Control cannot be called conscience until we are able to take it inside us and make it our own, until--in spite of… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
Buddha says this is how one should be - no desire, because all desires are futile. They are about the future; life… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The love of Christ reaches to the very depths of earthly misery and woe, or it would not meet the case of… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
The misery of human life is made up of large masses, each separated from the other by certain intervals. One year the… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
There were several parallels between Jonestown and Escuela Caribe. Both places used isolation to control a large group of people and censored… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
Future arises out of your misery, not out of your celebration. A really celebrating person has no future; he lives this moment,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
