Misery Quotes

1633 Misery quotes by 995 unique authors

It's time to recognize that the EU is beyond reform and deserves to be put out of its misery. — Unknown Author
A freedom or pleasure that rests on someone else's slavery or misery cannot finally satisfy the self because it is a limitation or narrowing of… — Hakim Bey
I have been manipulated, and I have in turn manipulated others, by recording their response to suffering and misery. So there is guilt in every… — Don McCullin
By Revolution, we mean the ultimate establishment of an order of society which may not be threatened by such breakdown, and in which the sovereignty… — Bhagat Singh
The moment you venture out, something takes place in you and about you. Life comes to your aid in various ways. You may not like… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Finally on Sunday morning, October 7, 1849, "He became quiet and seemed to rest for a short time. Then, gently, moving his head," he said,… — Edgar Allan Poe
The physiological law of Transfer of Energy is the basis of human success and happiness. There is no action without expenditure of energy, and if… — David Starr Jordan
If your knowledge teaches you not to rise above human weakness and misery and lead your fellow man on the right path, you are indeed… — Khalil Gibran
"The pattern established at the outset has remained to this day, and the Spaniards still do nothing save tear the natives to shreds, murder them… — Bartolome de las Casas
Happiness is threatening and misery is safe - safe for the ego. Ego can exist only in misery and through misery. Ego is an island… — Rajneesh
If this is understood then things become very clear. Misery makes you special. Happiness is a universal phenomenon, there is nothing special about it. — Rajneesh
If your love leads to misery, it was from the ego. If your love leads to a beautiful benediction, a blessedness, it was from nature.… — Rajneesh
Always make a note of what you are doing and where it leads. By and by, you will become aware of that which is ego… — Rajneesh
We must forgive each other our arising, for our existence always torments others. The golden rule in the midst of this mutual misery has always… — Ken Wilber
Misery loves company. — John Ray
Live by what you believe so fully that your life blossoms, or else purge the fear-and-guilt producing beliefs from your life. When people believe one… — Roger Delano Hinkins
Misery nourishes your ego - that's why you see so many miserable people in the world. The basic, central point is the ego. — Rajneesh
Life without death and happiness without misery are contradiction and neither can be found alone, because each of them is a different manifestation of the… — Swami Vivekananda
Philosophers should consider the fact that the greatest happiness principle can easily be made an excuse for a benevolent dictatorship. We should replace it by… — Karl Popper
Work is the source of nearly all the misery in the world. Almost any evil you'd care to name comes from working or from living… — Bob Black
One face to the world, another at home - makes for misery. — Amy Vanderbilt
Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb. — Josh Billings
One must have a mind of winter to regard the frost and the boughs of the pine trees, crusted with snow, And have been cold… — Wallace Stevens
It's like the human race has been programmed for misery. — Tom Perrotta
Misery, in cold truth, is a weight less upon those who undergo it than upon the minds of those who see it; for he who… — Kenneth Roberts

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