“Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.”
Alphonse Karr
“It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind. Therefore, it is foolish to guard against misfortunes from the external world and leave the inner mind uncontrolled.”
Buddha
“One should go invited to a friend in good fortune, and uninvited in misfortune”
Swedish Proverb
“Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some”
Charles Dickens
“We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.”
Honore de Balzac
“Misfortune, no less than happiness, inspires us to dream.”
“He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes books”
Benjamin Franklin
