Misery Quotes - Page 21

• If a mosquito has a soul, it is mostly evil. So I don't have too many qualms about putting a mosquito out of its misery. I'm a little more respectful of ants.

  Douglas Hofstadter

  Qualms About, Evil, Soul

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• Our creator says, 'Here's your birth and here's your death' - and the rest are the things you learn on your journey. This was my experience - and the choice is, I can lay in the misery, or choose to learn from it and move on.

  Ben Vereen

  Moving, Journey, Choices

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• The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous.

  Jerome K. Jerome

  Revenge, Men, People

  Jerome K. Jerome (2008). “The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.101, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Misery is evil; quarreling, a misfortune. There is only one possibility of avoiding both: a clear division of society. [Otherwise] the strong tyrannize the weak, the intelligent frighten the stupid, the inferior resist the superior, and the young mock the old.

  Xunzi

  Strong, Stupid, Intelligent

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• Rather than turning away from the staggering scale and depth of misery caused by war, we must strive to develop our capacity to empathize and feel the sufferings of others.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  War, Suffering Of Others, Depth

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• Whatever your religious persuasion, if you believe that the universe is governed by benign forces, at some point you have to explain why there is so much suffering, misfortune and misery in the world.

  Julian Baggini

  Religious, Believe, Suffering

  "The Thought Police Brief Answers to Big Questions: Hoddle Has Gone, but the Question of Evil Remains". www.independent.co.uk. February 07, 1999.

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• I love it when you have a lull in the day and you turn on the TV and a random movie is on that you either have never seen or haven't seen in years. Like "Coming to America" (1988) or "Misery" (1990) or "Moonstruck" (1987).

  Morena Baccarin

  Years, America, Tvs

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I, like most of my friends, couldn't believe I bought a mountain called Misery Mountain, because it was so appropriate.

  Caleb Carr

  Believe, Mountain, My Friends

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• We are caught in the contradiction of finding life a rather perplexing puzzle which causes us a lot of misery, and at the same time being dimly aware of the boundless, limitless nature of life. So we begin looking for an answer to the puzzle.

  Joko Beck

  Answers, Causes, Limitless

  "Everyday Zen: Love and Work" by Charlotte J. Beck, HarperCollins, (p. 12), October 6, 2009.

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• I find that people find a way out of misery through humor and it's humor that's often unacceptable to people who are not in quite such a state of misery.

  Danny Boyle

  People, Way, States

  "Danny Boyle Talks Sunshine, Space, and Sci-Fi". Interview with Sara Maria Vizcarrondo, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. July 19, 2007.

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• I love Dickens because it makes me chuckle to myself so. He has taken me to another world and out of so many earthly miseries.

  Jane Birkin

  Taken, World, Dickens

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• I don't think we can be entirely happy seeing such misery around us.

  Eric Cantona

  Thinking, Seeing

  "Eric Cantona's call for bank protest sparks online campaign" by Kim Willsher, www.theguardian.com. November 20, 2010.

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• I think of myself as quite a confused kind of person, because I think there's so many great things about the world, but there are so many awful things too. I feel very guilty a lot of the time about enjoying my life so much when there are people living in such misery.

  Lily Allen

  Confused, Thinking, People

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. February 14, 2007.

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• People love coming on television, even if they have to show their miseries.

  Victoria Abril

  People, Television, Shows

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• I'm evil, my middle name is misery. Well, I'm evil, so don't mess around with me.

  Elvis Presley

  Names, Evil, Middle

  Song: Trouble

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• Once I was a prisoner lost inside myself with the world surrounding me, wandering through the misery, but now I am free. Free to love, free to laugh, free to soar, free to shine, free to give.

  Mariah Carey

  Inspirational, Giving, Laughing

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• Mothers tell your children not to do the things I have done, to spend my life in sin and misery in the House of the Rising Sun.

  Bob Dylan

  Family, Mother, Children

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• There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery.

  Jon Krakauer

  War, Glamorous, Pointless

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• Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant.

  Oscar Niemeyer

  Dream, Humanity, Needs

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• I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery.

  Grant-Lee Phillips

  Inspiration, Thinking, Easier

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• Real artists take the misery and sadness of life and translate it into art.

  Josh Peck

  Art, Real, Sadness

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• Yoga makes you free. It makes you happy. It gets you out of the traps that create human misery. It makes you vibrate faster.

  Frederick Lenz

  Yoga, Hinduism, Make You Happy

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• Sri Krishna says whatever role we have in life, we have to play it to the hilt. We have to take it all the way. We have to assume responsibility for our role. To run away from it causes misery.

  Frederick Lenz

  Running, Responsibility, Play

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• All the joy the world contains
  Has come through wishing happiness for others.
  All the misery the world contains
  Has come through wanting pleasure for oneself.

  Shantideva

  Motivational, Joy, Wish

  Shantideva, Padmakara Translation Group (2008). “The Way of the Bodhisattva”, p.214, Shambhala Publications

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• I'm comfortable in my miseries. I have no choice.

  Shelby Lynne

  Choices, Comfortable

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