Being Quote by Malcolm Gladwell

We like to believe that, in our lifetime, the human condition is improving.

— Nick Clooney

The only lasting trauma is the one we suffer without positive change.

— Leo Buscaglia

In our current state of human development it remains unclear whether we will correct one of life's greatest tragedies, namely, the inability to appreciate…

— Shmuley Boteach

People are depressed for many reasons, one of which I think is how we have been taught to react to trauma, to stress.

— Kate Zambreno

We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.

— Carl Jung

We look directly into our suffering rather than try to become happy. The happiness that arises from this approach is reliable.

— Ajahn Sumedho

Though oppression may give rise to violent and repeated outbreaks, like the convulsions of a man in pain, it cannot mature a settled purpose…

— Lord Acton

“The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and…

— Adam Smith

It is our very search for perfection outside of ourselves that causes suffering.

— Gautama Buddha

We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.

— Willie Nelson

“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

The human condition means that we can zone out and forget what the hell we're doing.

— Bill Murray