Miseria Quotes & Sayings

Miseria fortes viros, Ronan," Adam said.
When he said "Ronan," it meant: Ronan. — Maggie Stiefvater

You can't go home again, not if you can't find the fucking street, Mr. Wolfe. — Rodney Ross

There was once upon a time a census officer who had to record the names of all householders in a certain Welsh village. The first that he questioned was called William Williams; so were the second, third, fourth.... At last he said to himself: 'This is tedious; evidently they are all called William Williams. I shall put them down so and take a holiday'. But he was wrong; there was just one whose name was John Jones. This shows that we may go astray if we trust too implicitly to induction by simple enumeration. — Bertrand Russell

Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen: this is the path to peace. — Epictetus

My soul spoke to me in a whisper, urgently and alarmingly: 'Words, words, do not make too many words. Be silent and listen: have you recognized your madness, and do you admit it? Have you noticed that all your foundations are all completely mired in madness?' "11 (2) Jung's soul: "There are hellish webs of words, only words . . . Be tentative with words, value them . . . for you are the first who gets snared in them. For words have meanings. With words you pull up the underworld. Word, the paltriest and the mightiest. In words the emptiness and the fullness flow together. Hence the word is an image of the God. — C. G. Jung

Natural childbirth allows the hormones that have been working for women for thousands of years to fulfill their functions. This is more important than just helping a woman through labor and delivery. Birth-related hormones also affect well-being much later in life. — Janet Schwegel

Competition is good for consumers for the simple reason that it compels producers to offer better deals - lower prices, better quality, new products, and more choice. — John Vickers

about as emotional as a bagpipe. — Robert Louis Stevenson

The only thing wrong with Christianity is the lack of suffering. — Winston Churchill

Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros.
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men. — Seneca.

I started sharpening pencils at the census and how that was a difficult time in my life because my marriage was ending and I had quit cartooning and I didn't know what to do with myself. — David Rees

Are you still jumping out of windows in expensive clothes? — Tom Waits

We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope; — Rolf Potts

We work better with authoritative, empathic leaders, and empathic teachers like ourselves, that fit our morals, values, ethics, and principles. — Alexandria Ruffian

But a half hour or an hour of quiet, restful solitary time during the day is restorative at any age, and a habit worth cultivating. — Kim John Payne

Since the police department is becoming more and more militarized we're stuck in a position where we're reverting to that sort of behaviour that other places still suffer from because they're kept in that post-colonial state of development indefinitely so we can reap the benefits of taking whatever natural resources they have. — Immortal Technique

But porca miseria, the things night can do to time. In place of hardwired sequence, it's more like everything all mixed up. — Garth Risk Hallberg

You are here for no other purpose than to realize your inner divinity and manifest your inner enlightenment. — Morihei Ueshiba

Nessun maggior dolore Che ricordarsi del tempo felice Nella miseria. (There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery.) — Dante Alighieri