--- title: "13 Misery People Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Misery People quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Misery People sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/255/anonymous-1_advice_you-can-t-make-yourself-happy-bringing-m_3232061.jpg" --- > [You can't make yourself happy bringing misery to other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-can-t-make-yourself-happy-bringing-misery-to-other-people/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/255/anonymous-1_advice_you-can-t-make-yourself-happy-bringing-m_3232061.jpg) > [If God himself wills such misery on people whom I love, then I say I will deal with him](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldridge-cleaver/if-god-himself-wills-such-misery-on-people-whom-i-love-then-i-say-i/) [Eldridge Cleaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldridge-cleaver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ac/eldridge-cleaver-15004_deals_if-god-himself-wills-such-misery-on-peop_318963.jpg) > [What teenagers are ready to laugh at is the misery of other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jordan-peele/what-teenagers-are-ready-to-laugh-at-is-the-misery-of-other-people/) [Jordan Peele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jordan-peele/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a28/jordan-peele-7502_laughing_what-teenagers-are-ready-to-laugh-at-is_737310.jpg) > [The only way out of today's misery is for people to become worthy of each other's trust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/the-only-way-out-of-today-s-misery-is-for-people-to-become-worthy-of/) [Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/albert-schweitzer-701_misery_the-only-way-out-of-today-s-misery-is-fo_57353.jpg) > [“Life is not misery, It was made misery by misery people”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerin-n/life-is-not-misery-it-was-made-misery-by-misery-people/) [Jerin.N](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerin-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5b/jerin-n-247581_life_life-is-not-misery-it-was-made-misery-by_1713882.jpg) > [This hunger for profits causes great misery for the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-ulbricht/this-hunger-for-profits-causes-great-misery-for-the-people/) [Walter Ulbricht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-ulbricht/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aeb/walter-ulbricht-27750_causes_this-hunger-for-profits-causes-great-mis_2187903.jpg) > [ “\[...\] \[T\]here was no quota on misery for people, no quantifiable threshold that once reached, got you miraculously taken out of the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-ward/t-here-was-no-quota-on-misery-for-people-no-quantifiable-threshold/) [J.R. Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-ward/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/j-r-ward-148_life_t-here-was-no-quota-on-misery-for-people_2676309.png) > [I began my work in the '70s, teaching at a university in Bangladesh, and these economic theories that I had learned stopped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/i-began-my-work-in-the-70s-teaching-at-a-university-in-bangladesh-and/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/muhammad-yunus-2158_around_i-began-my-work-in-the-70s-teaching-at-a_3191277.png) > [I think a lot of the misery that people experience comes from that sensation of boundlessness, of infinite possibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-bogost/i-think-a-lot-of-the-misery-that-people-experience-comes-from-that/) [Ian Bogost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-bogost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f8/ian-bogost-9716_infinite_i-think-a-lot-of-the-misery-that-people_230830.jpg) > [The misery of other people is only an abstraction something that can be sympathized with only by drawing from one's own experiences.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/the-misery-of-other-people-is-only-an-abstraction-something-that-can/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/nicole-krauss-920_compassion_the-misery-of-other-people-is-only-an-ab_1267973.jpg) > [“Indian misery is when somebody takes your land. Indian misery is when somebody kills your friends. Indian misery is when your people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-p-mclaughlin/indian-misery-is-when-somebody-takes-your-land-indian-misery-is-when/) [Timothy P. McLaughlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-p-mclaughlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ed/timothy-p-mclaughlin-53982_children-s-poetry_indian-misery-is-when-somebody-takes-you_3196568.jpg) > [“The world runs,” Lowell said, “on the fuel of this endless, fathomless misery. People know it, but they don’t mind what they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-joy-fowler/the-world-runs-lowell-said-on-the-fuel-of-this-endless-fathomless/) [Karen Joy Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-joy-fowler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/karen-joy-fowler-3727_misery_the-world-runs-lowell-said-on-the-fuel-o_247452.png) > [If people become ecstatic the whole society will have to change, because this society is based on misery. If people are blissful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/if-people-become-ecstatic-the-whole-society-will-have-to-change/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4f/rajneesh-54_change_if-people-become-ecstatic-the-whole-soci_1120480.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/misery-people/#itemlist", "name": "Misery People Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can't make yourself happy bringing misery to other people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-can-t-make-yourself-happy-bringing-misery-to-other-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/255/anonymous-1_advice_you-can-t-make-yourself-happy-bringing-m_3232061.jpg", 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But as it stands, true empathy remains impossible. And so long as it is, people will continue to suffer the pressure of their seemingly singular existence.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nicole Krauss" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/the-misery-of-other-people-is-only-an-abstraction-something-that-can/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/nicole-krauss-920_compassion_the-misery-of-other-people-is-only-an-ab_1267973.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/nicole-krauss-920_compassion_the-misery-of-other-people-is-only-an-ab_1267973.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/nicole-krauss-920_compassion_the-misery-of-other-people-is-only-an-ab_1267973.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The misery of other people is only an abstraction something that can be sympathized with only by drawing…” — Nicole Krauss", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Indian misery is when somebody takes your land. Indian misery is when somebody kills your friends. Indian misery is when your people turn against you. Indian misery is being slaves to people. Indian misery is being locked up in jail. Indian misery is people killing your food for money. Indian misery is fighting. Indian misery is no peace. Indian misery is when you get killed. Indian misery is if you lose the fight. (Andrew Herman, student)”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Timothy P. 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Make them look and they mind, but you’re the one they hate, because you’re the one that made them look.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Karen Joy Fowler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-joy-fowler/the-world-runs-lowell-said-on-the-fuel-of-this-endless-fathomless/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/karen-joy-fowler-3727_misery_the-world-runs-lowell-said-on-the-fuel-o_247452.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/karen-joy-fowler-3727_misery_the-world-runs-lowell-said-on-the-fuel-o_247452.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/karen-joy-fowler-3727_misery_the-world-runs-lowell-said-on-the-fuel-o_247452.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The world runs,” Lowell said, “on the fuel of this endless, fathomless misery. 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