Misery Quotes - Page 17

• American mainstream is obsessed with black creative genius - be it music, walk, style - but at the same time puts a low priority on the black social misery which is the very context out of which that creativity flows.

  Cornel West

  Creativity, Creative, Priorities

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• There is no observation more frequently made by such as employ themselves in surveying the conduct of mankind, than that marriage, though the dictate of nature, and the institution of Providence, is yet very often the cause of misery, and that those who enter into that state can seldom forbear to express their repentance, and their envy of those whom either chance or caution hath withheld from it.

  Samuel Johnson

  Envy, Causes, Chance

  Samuel Johnson (1810). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius”, p.116

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• That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of the Lord and the miseries of hell.

  J. C. Ryle

  Mercy Of God, Joy, Heaven

  J.C RYLE, Rev Terry Kulakowski, Editor “HOLINESS;BEING PLAIN PAPERS ON ITS NATURE, HINDRANCES, DIFFICULTIES AND ROOTS”, Lulu.com

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• If you give it to God, He transforms your test into a testimony, your mess into a message, and your misery into a ministry.

  Rick Warren

  Giving, Ministry, Tests

  FaceBook post by Pastor Rick Warren from May 24, 2013

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• Despite the amount of suffering, pain, misery, sorrow and travail which can exist in life, the reason for existence is the same reason as one has to play a game-interest, contest, activity and possession. The truth of this assertion is established by an observation of the elements of games and then applying these elements to life itself.

  L. Ron Hubbard

  Pain, Games, Play

  L. Ron Hubbard (1976). “Scientology, a New Slant on Life”, p.99, Bridge Publications, Inc.

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• So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery and suffering to the masses have their root in governments, and owe their whole existence to the power derived from government we cannot help but believe that were every law, every title deed, every court, and every police officer or soldier abolished tomorrow with one sweep, we would be better off than now.

  Lucy Parsons

  Believe, Government, Law

  "The Principles of Anarchism". A Lecture by Lucy E. Parsons, lucyparsons.org.

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• God takes our misery and suffering so seriously that he was willing to take it on himself.

  Timothy Keller

  Suffering, Misery And Suffering, Willing

  "The Reason for God: Belief in an age of scepticism".

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• Teasing is very often a sign of inner misery.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Tease

  Christopher Hitchens (2012). “Long Live Hitch: Three Classic Books in One Volume”, p.494, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• If the Bible is not the Word of God and inspired, the whole of Christendom for 1800 years has been under an immense delusion; half the human race has been cheated and deceived, and churches are monuments of folly. If the Bible is the Word of God and inspired, all who refuse to believe it are in fearful danger; they are living on the brink of eternal misery. No man, in his sober senses, can fail to see that the whole subject demands most serious attention.

  J. C. Ryle

  Believe, Men, Race

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Old Paths: Being Plain Statements on Some of the Weightier Matters of Christianity”, p.6, Ravenio Books

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• Out of this idea of separation between atom and atom comes all misery.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Ideas, Atoms, Separation

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.63, editionNEXT.com

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• The world is not fair. If you persist in presuming it is, you will create a lot of unnecessary misery for yourself.

  Fred Green

  World, Unnecessary, Persist

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• Surely if He would not spare His own Son one stroke, one tear, one groan, one sigh, one circumstance of misery, it can never be imagined that ever He should, after this, deny or withhold from His people, for whose sakes all this was suffered, any mercies, any comforts, any privilege, spiritual or temporal, which is good for them.

  John Flavel

  Spiritual, Son, People

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• Strength, strength it is that we want so much in this life, for what we call sin and sorrow have all one cause, and that is our weakness. With weakness comes ignorance, and with ignorance comes misery.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Ignorance, Sorrow, Weakness

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.347, Manonmani Publishers

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• We must have friendship for all; we must be merciful toward those that are in misery; when people are happy, we ought to be happy; and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Attitude, People, Peaceful

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Personality Development”, p.26, Advaita Ashrama

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• Misery and poverty are so absolutely degrading, and exercise such
  a paralysing effect over the nature of men, that no class is ever really conscious of its own suffering. They have to be told of it by other people, and they often entirely disbelieve them.

  Oscar Wilde

  Exercise, Men, Class

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.1044, Wordsworth Editions

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• Through prayer we can carry in our heart all human pain and sorrow, all conflicts and agonies, all torture and war, all hunger, loneliness and misery, not because of some great psychological or emotional capacity, but because God's heart has become one with ours.

  Henri Nouwen

  Prayer, Pain, War

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (2016). “The Spiritual Life: Eight Essential Titles by Henri Nouwen”, p.36, HarperCollins

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• Many people live with a tormentor in their head that continuously attacks and punishes them and drains them of vital energy. It is the cause of untold misery and unhappiness, as well as of disease.

  Eckhart Tolle

  People, Energy, Disease

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.18, New World Library

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• The labor movement was the principal force that transforme­d misery and despair into hope and progress.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Progress, Despair, Movement

  Martin Luther King (Jr.), Michael K. Honey (2011). “All Labor Has Dignity”, p.101, Beacon Press

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• Sometimes out of your biggest misery, comes your greatest gain.

  Steve Harvey

  Gains, Sometimes

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• The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic and social reform gave birth to unemployment insurance, old age pensions, government relief for the destitute, and, above all, new wage levels that meant not mere survival but a tolerable life.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Struggle, Government, Survival

  Martin Luther King (Jr.), Michael K. Honey (2011). “All Labor Has Dignity”, p.101, Beacon Press

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• When we bless God for mercies, we usually prolong them. When we bless God for miseries, we usually end them. Praise is the honey of life which a devout heart extracts from every bloom of providence and grace.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Heart, Grace, Honey

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• We twist our souls around each other’s miseries.

  Anthony Marra

  Soul, Twists

  Anthony Marra (2013). “A Constellation of Vital Phenomena”, p.307, Random House

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• If your blood is formed from eating the foods I teach [fruits and green-leaf vegetables] your soul will shout for joy and triumph over all misery of life. For the first time you will feel a vibration of vitality through your body (like a slight electric current) that shakes you delightfully.

  Arnold Ehret

  Blood, Vegetables, Joy

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• The trees are in misery, and the birds are in misery. I don’t think they sing. They just screech in pain. …Taking a close look at what’s around us, there is some sort of harmony: it’s the harmony of overwhelming and collective murder.

  Werner Herzog

  Pain, Thinking, Bird

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• All misery and pain come from attachment.

  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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