We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which,… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal while blaming our misery on the person who started the fire. — Bill Crawford Copy Share Image
“I was miserable, of course, for I was seventeen, and so I swung into action and wrote a poem, and it was… — William Matthews Copy Share Image
“Life isn't supposed to be an all or nothing battle between misery and bliss. Life isn't supposed to be a battle at… — Barbara Sher Copy Share Image
“Because we are always growing, life compounds and magnifies what is already in us. If you are miserable you grow in misery… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
No scene in sacred history ever gladdens the soul like the scene on Calvary. Nowhere does the soul find such consolation as… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
So many other things for us to see, Things to be, Our history so full of tragedy and misery. — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
Communism is born out of misery, and if the West does not show more understanding, those people will take up arms and… — Francois Mitterrand Copy Share Image
The most unhappy of all men is the man who cannot tell what he is going to do, who has got no… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
What's interesting about books that take place in the future, even twenty years in the future, is that many of them are… — Albert Brooks Copy Share Image
Supreme happiness will be the greatest cause of misery, and the perfection of wisdom the occassion of folly. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Give me yourself, O my God, give yourself back to me. Lo, I love you, but if my love is too mean,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Character gives us qualities, but it is in our actions — what we do — that we are happy or the reverse. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Love should not be treated as panacea for all happiness and excessive love or love at the wrong place or for wrong… — Awdhesh Singh Copy Share Image
What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment & death itself in vindication of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In certain cases, a man blind from birth may have an operation performed which gives him his sight. The result: frequently misery,… — R. D. Laing Copy Share Image
It is a great art to have an abundance of knowledge and experience - to know the richness of life, the beauty… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I had forgotten that time wasn't fixed like concrete but in fact was fluid as sand, or water. I had forgotten that… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“Man cannot cherish his existence any longer than life holds out charms to him: when he is wrought upon by painful sensations,… — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
If this is understood then things become very clear. Misery makes you special. Happiness is a universal phenomenon, there is nothing special… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“I am glad you are happy--but I never believe much in happiness. I never believe in misery either. Those are things you… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
