Misery Quotes

1633 Misery quotes by 995 unique authors

The Buddhists say there are 121 states of consciousness. Of these, only three involve misery or suffering. Most of us spend our time moving back… — Jenny Offill
In a world filled with misery and uncertainty, it is a great comfort to know that, in the end, there is light in the darkness. — Joshua
Never fear Death for you will feel aroused by his sleep. Never cheat death or he will slap you with a sentence of misery for… — Suzy Kassem
If you are a taker of happiness you get misery, if you are a giver of happiness you get joy and love. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The dead man is on the trolley and the woman collapses across his chest. That's what the ghouls want a shufti at, like at that… — Irvine Welsh
Palestinian Arabs [are] people who breed and bleed and advertise their misery. — Ruth Wisse
New York city, the incomparable, the brilliant star city of cities, the forty-ninth state, a law unto itself, the Cyclopean Paradox, the inferno with no-out-of… — John Gunther
That is the key to history. Terrific energy is expended - civilizations are built up - excellent institutions devised; but each time something goes wrong.… — C.S. Lewis
The fact that we became a nation and immediately separated church and state - it has saved us from all the misery that has beset… — Dumas Malone
Each one of us reaps what we ourselves have sown. These miseries under which we suffer, these bondages under which we struggle, have been caused… — Swami Vivekananda
No one is to blame for our miseries but ourselves. — Swami Vivekananda
His desperation and misery swept her up like a storm capturing the sea. She turned her mind to even these feelings, because they were his,… — Sarah Rees Brennan
A curious thing about atrocity stories is that they mirror, instead of the events they purport to describe, the extent of the hatred of the… — John Dos Passos
After every happiness comes misery; they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other.… — Swami Vivekananda
Thinking it selfish to dwell on her own sufferings, when in the midst of wretches, who had not only lost all that endears life, but… — Mary Wollstonecraft
Three marital bonds exist: Karmic, Dharmic and Cosmic. The first are of pain, misery, hunger, nakedness, disgrace. The second are of success, bliss, love, financial… — Samael Aun Weor
There's some that came here never believing they were dead. They insisted all the way that they were alive, it was a mistake, someone would… — Philip Pullman
The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. It is the most grievous sentence of the three, but it overflows with comfort.… — Charles Spurgeon
He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only… — Swami Vivekananda
This is my history; like all other histories, a narrative of misery. — Samuel Johnson
The sole cause of all human misery is the inability of people to sit quietly in their rooms. — Blaise Pascal
My idea of philosophy is that if it is not relevant to human problems, if it does not tell us how we can go about… — Angela Davis
Put yourself out of your misery. — Annie Dillard
And, in addition to all the miseries, the young are not wise. They have very little understanding about life. Who wants to live every day… — Morrie Schwartz
In armies, navies, cities, or families, in nature herself, nothing more relaxes good order than misery. — Herman Melville

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