Academy Quote by Ian Mcewan

The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.

— Sharon Salzberg

Misery is what happiness rests upon. Happiness is what misery lurks beneath.

— Laozi

Happiness is a specific. Misery is a generalization. People usually know exactly why they are happy. They very rarely know why they are miserable.

— Jeanette Winterson

Misery is complexity. Happiness is simplicity.

— Lester Levenson

Misery is evil; quarreling, a misfortune. There is only one possibility of avoiding both: a clear division of society. [Otherwise] the strong tyrannize the…

— Xunzi

One of the greatest of all sources of misery is comparing yourself to others.

— Zhat

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

— Joseph Joubert

Sometimes happiness consists of finding the right balance of misery.

— Orson Scott Card

“Misery develops in the insidious seams created by imprecision and faulty human thinking. The cure for unhappiness is finding joy by embracing human nature.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Happiness and misery are both transient.

— Paritoshik Sharma

I'm not a big proponent of happiness. I think it's highly overrated. I think misery is underrated. There's so much value in that. You…

— Brad Pitt

Misery is a state where happiness is a lie!

— Anonymous