(272 quotes found)
“I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.”
C.S. Lewis
“As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery… we have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion, while love and compassion and a sense of universal responsibility are the sources of peace and happiness.”
Dalai Lama
“Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.”
“It is only in misery that we recognize the hand of God leading good men to good.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.”
Woody Allen
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”
Winston Churchill
“I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.”
Martha Washington
“Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.”
Bertrand Russell
“It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to choose misery after becoming aware that it is a choice.”
William Glasser
