(252 quotes found)
“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.”
C.S. Lewis
“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
“Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.”
Bertrand Russell
“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
“Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.”
Jane Austen
“I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness.”
Lord Byron
“When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery”
Dante Alighieri
“Misery is almost always the result of thinking.”
Joseph Joubert
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