Anguish Quote by Lester Levenson

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

— Laozi

Sometimes happiness consists of finding the right balance of misery.

— Orson Scott Card

Happiness based on reasons is actually another form of misery.

— Deepak Chopra

A little misery, at times, makes one appreciate happiness more.

— L. Frank Baum

Happiness is simple. Everything we do to find it is complicated.

— Anonymous

Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement.

— William Morris

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 you see misery, it's your misery. When you see the perfection where the seeming imperfection seems to be, the misery is only an…

— Lester Levenson

Life is a joyous thing essentially, but when you bind life by all these rigid moralities and traditions, and dogmas and creeds, then there…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Happiness is an equivalent for all troublesome things.

— Epictetus

Misery is a communicable disease.

— Martha Graham

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

— Sharon Salzberg