Quotes about Misery

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Money does not buy you happiness, but lack of money certainly buys you misery. — Daniel Kahneman, Well-Being: Foundations of Hedonic Psychology: Foundations of Hedonic Psychology
Are you what is called a lucky man? Well, you are sad every day. Each day has its great grief or its little care. Yester — Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
I've been quite happy. Look, here are my proofs. Remember that I am indifferent to discomforts which would harass other — W. Somerset Maugham
Pero me sobran motivos para ser feliz. Sobre todo cuando estoy en los brazos de mis tres misses. Son tres gentiles damas — Eusebio Ruvalcaba, Una mosca devastada y deprimida sobreviviendo en un hilito de sangre
Why are we miserable, when there is music? — Lailah Gifty Akita
Life is only a misery, without music. — Lailah Gifty Akita
Misery is a state of unconciousness. We are miserable because we are not aware of what we are doing, of what we are thin — Osho, Awareness: The Key to Living in Balance
Making someone responsible for your misery also makes them responsible for your happiness. Why give that power to anyone — Scott Stabile
Much that for us is fraught with with happiness or misery, remains almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. — Marcel Proust, Jean Santeuil
Momentary happiness is worse than permanent misery. — Ahmed Mostafa
Dialogue is about freeing human beings from the beliefs and attitudes that make human beings miserable. — Oli Anderson, Dialogue / Ego - Real Communication
They all know it is there, all the people of Omelas. Some of them have come to see it, others are content merely to know — Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
Should the king in exile pretend he is happy there?Should he not seek his own country?His miseries are his ally; they ur — John Eldredge, The Journey of Desire: Searching for the Life We Always Dreamed of
When you feel unsatisfied in your life, you must immediately take action to change your perspective, thoughts, and activ — Avina Celeste
1 — There are people whose suffering makes them take their mind off other things in life
It was hope that was the problem. Hoping feelings wouldn't be hurt, hoping love would blossom, that was painful. But com — Stephen Emond, Winter Town
It is better to sing songs of hope than to sing songs of misery. — Debasish Mridha
Only one thing mattered: this was not a Horcrux. Dumbledore had weakened himself by drinking that horrible potion for no — J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
But somebody else had spoken Snape’s name, quite softly.“Severus . . .”The sound frightened Harry beyond anything he had — J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince