“Pride measures prosperity not by her own advantages but by the disadvantages of others. She would not even wish to be a… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
Calvin's theocentric irrationalism eventually revealed itself as the cunning to technocratic reason which had to shape its human material. Misery and the… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
I stumbled out into the courtyard to try to flee my misery, but of course we can never flee the misery that… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
Whatever your religious persuasion, if you believe that the universe is governed by benign forces, at some point you have to explain… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Success can also cause misery. The trick is not to be surprised when you discover it doesn't bring you all the happiness… — Prince Copy Share Image
However important the struggle is and however much misery and poverty and degradation exist, we know that it cannot be more important… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
“If religion has nothing to do with poverty and misery; then why the Muslims are the largest charity takers of the world” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
The only conversion involved in Vipassana is from misery to happiness, from bondage to liberation. — S. N. Goenka Copy Share Image
“The absence of misery is the first stage of moksha (liberation). The absence of the body, everything else is the second state… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The bad consequences of a government program usually don't show up immediately. And the delay may be long enough to hide the… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Make peace with silence, and remind yourself that it is in this space that you'll come to remember your spirit. When you're… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I know for a fact that no matter where I go, the memory and the suffering of not being with you will… — CSTPimentel Copy Share Image
How far must suffering and misery go before we see that even in the day of vast cities and powerful machines, the… — Paul Sears Copy Share Image
“The world where you would go hand in hand with the flower maiden has neither perfect happiness nor joy nor life. This… — Keiko Nobumoto Copy Share Image
Istanbul is certainly in the process of transforming itself into an attractive cultural, tourist and financial center. But there are also millions… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The blindness of men is the most dangerous effect of their pride; it seems to nourish and augment it; it deprives them… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Misery won't touch you gentle. It always leaves its thumbprints on you; sometimes it leaves them for others to see, sometimes for… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Such is the remorseless progression of human society, shedding lives and souls as it goes on its way. It is an ocean… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
When the baby dies, On every side Rose stranger's voices, hard and harsh and loud. The baby was not wrapped in any… — Helen Hunt Jackson Copy Share Image
Well, I always tried to look nice and be feminine even in the worst tragedies and crisis, there's no reason to add… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
