Misery Quotes

1633 Misery quotes by 995 unique authors

Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional — Barbara Johnson
A modern factory reaches perhaps almost the limit of horror. Everybody in it is constantly harassed and kept on edge by the interference of extraneous… — Simone Weil
What profit is there in agreeing that universal friendship is good, and talking of the solidarity of the human race as a grand ideal? Unless… — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
It is thus only this personal feeling of misery that we get rid of by acts of pity. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Strong and rare natures are thus created; misery, almost always a stepmother, is sometimes a mother; privation gives birth to power of soul and mind;… — Victor Hugo
Misery is the end of those with unbridled mouths. — Euripides
Attachment is the root cause of all misery. Possessiveness is nourishment for the ego. — Rajneesh
Attachment brings misery, unattachment brings blissfulness. So use things, but don't be used by them. Live life but don't be lived by it. Possess things,… — Rajneesh
You can change your attachment from this to that, but you will be in misery. Attachment creates misery. — Rajneesh
When Patanjali says "non-attachment", he is not anti-love. Really, he is for love. Non-attachment means be natural, loving, flowing, but don't get obsessed and addicted.… — Rajneesh
If attachment is the conditioning factor, then non-attachment will become the unconditioning factor. If expectation leads you in misery, then non-expectation will lead you into… — Rajneesh
Attachment is the root cause of all misery - and our mind is such that it starts clinging to each and everything. It starts becoming… — Rajneesh
Identification with the body, with the mind, with our possessions, with our families, with our friends - any kind of identification takes you outwards. All… — Rajneesh
To remain attached to the temporal, to the changing is to remain within the world of misery because the temporal will be taken away. You… — Rajneesh
Everything comes out of nothingness and goes back into nothingness. Hence there is no need for attachment, because attachment will bring misery. Soon it will… — Rajneesh
Attachment is misery, but from the very beginning the child is taught for attachment. The mother will say to the child, "Love me; I am… — Rajneesh
If you get attached, then it becomes an obsession. If the person is not there, you are unhappy. If you miss the person, you are… — Rajneesh
All human happiness and misery take the form of action. — Aristotle
Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me. — Vincent Van Gogh
I do love translating; it is the pure pleasure of writing without the misery of inventing. — Nancy Mitford
Intuitive guidance means having the self-esteem to recognize that the discomfort or confusion that a person feels is actually directing him to take charge of… — Caroline Myss
The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow. It promises prosperity and sends adversity. It promises happiness and sends misery.... It… — Billy Sunday
You can either keep walking in misery or make the decision to begin taking steps out of it. — Joyce Meyer
The life we led was a proof of man's capacity for adaptation.I think that even the condemned souls in purgatory after time develop a sort… — Arthur Koestler
With everything we do in life we identify ourselves. Here is a man who says harsh words to me. I feel anger coming on me.… — Swami Vivekananda

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