Believe Quote by Desiderius Erasmus

Misery does not exist in reality but only in mere imagination.

— Ramana Maharshi

“The emergence of pessimistic philosophies is by no means a sign of great and terrible misery. The emergence of pessimistic philosophies is by no…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Ever since history has been written, ever since philosophy has meditated, misery has been the garment of the human race

— Victor Hugo

Human misery universally arises from some error that man admits as true. We confound our fears with the idea feared, and place the evil…

— Phineas Quimby

My idea of philosophy is that if it is not relevant to human problems, if it does not tell us how we can go…

— Angela Davis

Human misery is so appalling nowadays that if we allowed ourselves to dwell on it we should only add imaginary miseries of our own…

— George Bernard Shaw

“[People] cannot live without seeking to describe and explain the universe to themselves. The models they use in doing this must deeply affect their…

— Isaiah Berlin

The philosophers talk to you about the dignity of man, and they tempt you to pride, or they talk to you about the misery…

— Blaise Pascal

I am not a philosopher, only frustrated by the development of the world we live in - and too stupid to keep my mouth…

— Varg Vikernes

I think that humanity brings much misery on itself by the false value they put on things.

— Benjamin Franklin

“As long as one is ruled by illusion, one’s thinking process is also illusory and that is nothing but misery. In Gnanis’ [the enlightened…

— Dada Bhagwan

I firmly believe, notwithstanding all our complaints, that almost every person upon earth tastes upon the totality more happiness than misery.

— Horace Walpole