Misery Quotes Quotes & Sayings

A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant begets misery,
As living in a house with a serpent in it begets death surely.
[5] 1.5 Chanakya — Munindra Misra

Absence of worldly misery - that is called eternal bliss. — Dada Bhagwan

Friendship improves happiness, abates misery by doubling our joy and dividing our grief. — John

Habits are a way of life and often define our lives. Habitually miserable? You'll see misery in most circumstances. Habitually joyful? You'll see joy in most situations. My goal is to choose habits that empower me and break those that wear me down. — Charles F. Glassman

It's often in your deepest misery that brings out your greatest self — Thabiso Monkoe

Joy in poverty is better than misery in riches. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I've never felt this lonely.
But then I've never witnessed someone falling apart. Even his blank stare, as he watches his world crumble around himself, is beautiful. And I've never seen someone break so perfectly.
And all I can do is watch because he won't let me in.
Because just like his darkness, his misery is his own.
But what does that make me?
A passerby?
No.
I can't just stand by.
Why doesn't he understand that I can't watch him fall apart? That the sharp ends of the broken glass that is his heart, cut me too. — Kady Hunt

all misery comes from fear, from unsatisfied desire. — Swami Vivekananda

If you're always grateful for what you have, then you will always be happy. The greatest reason for misery and unhappiness today is because of dissatisfaction, complaining, and being ungrateful for the things we have. — Jeanette Coron

If you want to be happy, then be happy. Misery is a choice. — Lamees Alhassar

Oh thee! Lets fill my mind with joy of kindness to make joyful me.
Let me see the sufferings and agony.
Let me feel the sadness and misery.
Still be kind to thee. — Debasish Mridha

When citizens of a country or nation believe in superstitions or dogma, they will inevitably suffer from tremendous misery or tragedy. — Debasish Mridha

Money is not the cure for misery but changing our perception is. — Debasish Mridha

Yet i say to you, do not rush to marriage for it is a deep and perfect thing. Test first, that you may be certain you are called to it by love, and not simply by pleasures of the flesh which will consume themselves and leave only ashes and misery — David Weber

Where there is not the slightest of misery; that is where the Soul is. — Dada Bhagwan

Happiness is often hidden in misery; light appears brighter in darkness. — Debasish Mridha

Life is a harsh, twisted paradox.
On one hand, you wish for no pain or suffering or misery on anyone. Yet you hope to see your children grow into individuals of compassionate and kind character. And it seems that pain, suffering, and misery adequately humble an individual, cultivating empathy and understanding for others in similar plights. While a life of ease and comfort and pleasure often fosters extravagant and selfish habits, spurring pride and blinded vision. Still, you pray for no pain or suffering on your children.
Life is a harsh, twisted paradox. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Reading is a bridge from misery to hope. — Rebecca VanDeMark

No human being really has any misery. It is your own mistake if you complain of the misery. — Dada Bhagwan

What if..." is my philosophy. I won't say it's plays like a broken record, no, it plays like a I hit the continuous repeat button on a one song playlist. When I see people who are pained and stressed by the world their trapped in, I ask, "What if?" and create their story about why they're constantly rolling their eyes behind their spouses back, then paste a smile when needed. We weren't born to live a life of misery, don't ever believe it. That's just not how it is, it's never to late too find your voice. Dig deep, grasp it and roar. — Eleanor O'Hara

Dare to feel the joy of life even in the midst of misery. — Debasish Mridha

That which cures all worldly miseries, is called 'Scientific' Knowledge. — Dada Bhagwan

Freedom from all types of pain and misery is the exact (proper) religion. It is exact (proper) religion when egoism departs and all 'wrong beliefs' go away. If the 'wrong' beliefs' are there, true religion cannot be there. — Dada Bhagwan

Well, aren't you just saying it's better to be neurotic, sensitive, and miserable than unimaginative, adjusted and content? Is it really better? — Malcolm Bradbury

What is the nature of the worldly life (sansar)? God lives in every living being of the world, that means if you oppress any living being or cause misery to them, then adharma (unrighteousness, irreligion) will occur. The result (effect) of adharma will be against your desires and the result of dharma (righteousness, religion) will be favorable to your desires. — Dada Bhagwan

Momentary happiness is worse than permanent misery. — Ahmed Mostafa

Why do we come to the world, only to suffer and depart? This is a unsolved misery. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Remember, pain and misery
are transient and ephemeral
but love has the healing power,
which is eternal. — Debasish Mridha

Pain and misery are two different words, which both hurt. — Auliq Ice

Misery is only better than death because you can rise from it. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Even though everybody hates you, you'll always have a friend who protects you and wishes to uplift you from pain, misery and suffering and that will always turn and remain the hardest blow to those who hate you. — Auliq Ice

As long as one is ruled by illusion, one's thinking process is also illusory and that is nothing but misery. In Gnanis' [the enlightened one's] language, there is no such thing as happiness or unhappiness. — Dada Bhagwan

An hour later. the moon reflected its light on the Tigris as well. The sun, the moon, and Fatima. What else could I ask for? — Ahmad Ardalan

When it becomes above normal, material happiness will feel like misery. — Dada Bhagwan

Some people dance with singing rain; some people get wet with misery and pain. — Debasish Mridha

A hater is a person with a complete understanding of your destiny but assigns him or her self as a representative to work tirelessly on your misery. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

Misery teaches you more than joy. — Abhijit Naskar

Create memories; forget misery. — Debasish Mridha

If your comfort zone is misery, it's time to get uncomfortable. — Charles F. Glassman

A man's ego can drive him either to heights of glory or to depths of misery! — Avijeet Das

Either enjoy happiness or enjoy misery. The choice is yours. — Debasish Mridha

Love has power in it. At the end, it wins over all miseries. — Debasish Mridha

Our miseries are inseparable, so is our every single blessing. — Munia Khan

Dialogue is about freeing human beings from the beliefs and attitudes that make human beings miserable. — Oli Anderson

When you go against the flow of nature and betray the spiritual laws existing within, there is, and always will be, a negative reaction. Those who try escaping life before fate shakes their hand, will forever be stuck on earth, chained to the place they so badly wanted to leave. What a complicated misery. I guarantee you it will be torture to be invisible and ignored by those you love when you can see them - but you are already dead for them to hear you utter another word. Talk about agony, more so, than remaining on this plane and continuing your spiritual cycle as it was written to be lived. — Suzy Kassem

If you see a person who is suffering from misery and sadness, wash it away with your compassion and kindness. — Debasish Mridha

Your tears proves that you are an emotional human being; love, joy, sadness and misery touches you deeply. — Debasish Mridha

We all knew she needed help.
But none of us knew how.
And none of us could swallow our pride and just ask her what she needed.
I don't know why.
Maybe we were too ashamed we didn't know how to approach our own mother.

So we let the years slip unhappily past us and hoped we would never inherit the misery embedded in her soul.

But I did.

And I didn't know how to say it aloud.
And I still don't. — Stacy Morris

We are the directors of our own life, creating our own version of truth, which can be humorous, pleasurable, miserable, brutal, or stupid. Reconciling loss and misfortune can provide a sense of sublimity or catharsis. — Kilroy J. Oldster

Never be the cause of someone's misery; nobody will be the cause of your misery. — Debasish Mridha

Nothing good ever comes out of hurry and frustration, only misery. — Auliq Ice

Neither wit nor beauty nor riches can conquer misery, only kindness can. — Angelos Michalopoulos

It is better to sing songs of hope than to sing songs of misery. — Debasish Mridha

Don't let your outer pain, misery, and suffering touch your inner calmness and happiness. — Debasish Mridha

You have the power within you to choose a life of love and beauty or choose a life of misery and destruction. What you chose, that you will attract and that you will manifest. — Debasish Mridha

Nothing is interesting other than deleting your name from the book of poverty and misery. — Auliq Ice

It was clear to her now, Happiness was a seductive illusion. No one as fucked up as her deserved one drop of joy. But oh god was it delicious when it fell into her lap for a little while. (Such a pretty face) she muses (with such a bruised and battered soul). When the dawn of a promise fades into the dusk of reality, all that remains is the nightmare. Sweet, sweet loneliness. Shadows come to play and prey on her beaten mind. Her lovely little dreams of poison. — Solange Nicole

Forgive everyone. Forgive every misery and misfortune with love. — Debasish Mridha

Alas! this is not what I thought life was.
I knew that there were crimes and evil men,
Misery and hate; nor did I hope to pass
Untouched by suffering, through the rugged glen.
In mine own heart I saw as in a glass
The hearts of others ... And when
I went among my kind, with triple brass
Of calm endurance my weak breast I armed,
To bear scorn, fear, and hate, a woeful mass! — Percy Bysshe Shelley

Any kind of misery there is in the worldly life; the cause of it is moha (illusory vision). — Dada Bhagwan

A person whom is unhappy with life realizes that their construction of a self-image is incompatible with their earthly reality. An unhappy person must alter their internal or external world; otherwise, their sadness, sorrow, grief, and misery will remain unabated. Misery and desperation can lead to change, but only if a person is willing to learn, explore, and try. — Kilroy J. Oldster

Maintaining equanimity in misery is called penance (tapa). — Dada Bhagwan

Misery will not come to the one who does not deceive his own Self. Miseries arise because one deceives one's own Self. — Dada Bhagwan

Let us be the wind of love that touches every heart and blows away all of the misery and sadness. — Debasish Mridha

A person is bound to experience troubling doubts when attempting to forge a viable philosophy for living. When we are young, the world appears as a dream, no desire is unattainable, and no goal is impossible. We do not entertain the notion that the world will blunt our passionate aspirations, we assume that the world will yield to our resolute will. Misfortune, poverty, illness, and death crush a person's hopes, awakening us to parts of oneself and the world that we previously denied. When fate has spoken harshly we initially feel ruined, life appears as a bleak wasteland. We must then chose to accept a misery ridden existence or rally the courage and fortitude to turn our thoughts from bitterness and regrets, surrender vain notions that we are somehow special and immune from the terrors of a life when reality does not care a wit for our survival. — Kilroy J. Oldster

I wish I could have healed your misery, quenched your sorrow. — Ana Chapman