Misery And Pain Quotes

• I'd been so set on an escape that was now impossible, and the only form of freedom left to me was death. It was a terrible kind of freedom—one from misery and pain, yes, but also one from lightness and laughter and life. It was an absence of everything.

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  Alexander Gordon Smith

  Laughter   Pain   Impossible  

  Alexander Gordon Smith (2010). “Escape from Furnace 1: Lockdown”, p.144, Faber & Faber

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• Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of mortal life.

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  Alexander Smith

  Life   Happiness   Time  

  Alexander Smith (1863). “Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country”, p.156

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• Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.

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  Ambrose Bierce

  Funny   Happiness   Happy  

  Ambrose Bierce (2000). “Tales of Soldiers and Civilians: and Other Stories”, p.26, Penguin

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• Look, it's a monster. He's walking alone. Look, he's pulling something out of his pocket. He threw it on the ground. Let's go see what it is. It's a black box. You open it... ok... Look, it's sorrow, misery and pain. It's loneliness and longing. Boy, he'll be sorry he lost these.

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  Henry Rollins

  Sorry   Pain   Loneliness  

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• Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.

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  Albert Schweitzer

  Pain   Lying   Hard Times  

  Albert Schweitzer (2015). “The Light Within Us”, p.11, Open Road Media

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• Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate, if ever so slightly, over misery and pain.

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  Aldous Huxley

  Laughter   Pain   Emotional  

  Aldous Huxley (2015). “Crome Yellow”, p.86, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional. We cannot avoid pain, but we can avoid joy.

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  Tim Hansel

  Inspirational   Pain   Joy  

  Tim Hansel (1995). “Keep on Dancin': Daily Readings to Celebrate Life”, Chariot Family Pub

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• All misery and pain come from attachment.

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  Swami Vivekananda

  Pain   Attachment   Misery And Pain  

  Swami Vivekananda, Swami Adiswarananda (2006). “Vivekananda, World Teacher: His Teachings on the Spiritual Unity of Humankind”, p.63, SkyLight Paths Publishing

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• The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.

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  Frederick Douglass

  Men   White Man   Misery And Pain  

  1849 'The Destiny of Colored Americans' in The North Star, 16 Nov.

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• Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.

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  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Love   Misery And Pain   Decision  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (2000). “Life's Instructions for Wisdom, Success, and Happiness”, p.82, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

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  Dante Alighieri

  Inspirational   Happiness   Sad  

  Dante Alighieri, Stanley Lombardo (2009). “Inferno”, p.26, Hackett Publishing

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• There is not much to be got anywhere in the world. It is filled with misery and pain; if a man escapes these, boredeom lies in wait for him at every corner. Nay more; it is evil which generally has the upper hand, and folly that makes the most noise. Fate is cruel and mankind pitiable.

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  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Pain   Lying   Fate  

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.423, Simon and Schuster

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• More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery.

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  Thomas Traherne

  Happiness   Misery And Pain   Doe  

  Thomas Traherne, Bertram Dobell (1908). “Centuries of Meditations, by Thomas Traherne (1636-1674) Now First Printed Frome the Author”

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