Misery Quotes

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Buddha says this is how one should be - no desire, because all desires are futile. They are about the future; life is in the… — Rajneesh
...Choice in every form is conflict. Contradiction is inevitable in choice; this contradiction, inner and outer breeds confusion and misery. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The mind is the world and the no-mind is freedom from the world. The mind is misery and no-mind is the end of misery and… — Rajneesh
This ego has all the desires, ambitions, wants to be always on the top of everything. You are exploited by this ego. And this never… — Rajneesh
All of our miseries are nothing but attachment. Our whole ignorance and darkness is a strange combination of a thousand and one attachments. And we… — Rajneesh
Misery is nothing but the shadow of attachment. And hence all stagnancy. The attached person becomes a stagnant pool - sooner or later he will… — Rajneesh
Our notions with respect to the importance of life, and our attachment to it, depend on a principle which has very little to do with… — William Hazlitt
Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful for, sometimes even perplexed by, how much misery I have… — Dennis Prager
The big majority of Americans, who are comparatively well-off, have developed an ability to have enclaves of people living in the greatest misery almost without… — Gunnar Myrdal
Those who have suffered, who have known poverty or oppression, are generally the most prone to kindness. Perhaps it is well to endure some misery… — Arthur Lynch
The brain is the man; its health is essential for normal living; its disorders are surely the most profound of human miseries; and its destruction… — Unknown Author
Sad memories often contain an element of nostalgia. — Unknown Author
To live without experiencing some shame and blushes of admiration would surely be a wretched life. — Gregor Mendel
All pleasures contain an element of sadness. — Unknown Author
Generally speaking, the anxiety will pass, which is easy for me to say when I'm not in the middle of an anxiety attack. When you're… — Scott Stossel
I really did not think a thing about playing five black players to start the game; they were our best players and deserved to start.… — Don Haskins
It cannot be emphasized too strongly that Christianity has a vested interest in human misery. Christianity, perhaps more than any religion before or since, capitalized… — George H. Smith
Life in itself is an empty canvas; it becomes whatsoever you paint on it. You can paint misery, you can paint bliss. This freedom is… — Rajneesh
We are fortunate now to become aware of the contents of our mind. With that knowledge we will be able to change the aspects that… — Thubten Chodron
This hideous doctrine of eternal torment after death has probably caused more terror and misery, more cruelty and more violation of natural human sympathy, than… — Margaret E. Knight

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