Unhappiness Quotes - Page 11

• I look at what I have not and think myself unhappy; others look at what I have and think me happy.

  Philibert Joseph Roux

  Inspirational, Happiness, Thinking

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• The happiness and unhappiness of men depends as much on their ethics as on fortune.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Happiness, Men, Joy

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• The world will never be long without some good reason to hate the unhappy; their real faults are immediately detected; and if those are not sufficient to sink them into infamy, an individual weight of calumny will be super-added.

  Samuel Johnson

  Happiness, Hate, Real

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• I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now.

  Kristin Scott Thomas

  Moving, Might, Used

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• The unhappiness of a wife with a good husband is much more devastating than the unhappiness of a wife with a bad husband.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Husband, Wife, Good Husband

  D. H. Lawrence (2008). “Complete Poems by Lawrence: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.187, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• If one assumes a humble attitude, one's own good qualities will increase. Whereas if one is proud, one will become jealous of others, one will look down on others, and due to that there will be unhappiness in society.

  Dalai Lama

  Attitude, Jealous, Humble

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• Much unhappiness has come from things left unsaid

  Leo Tolstoy

  Unsaid, Left

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• Examine your experience of the incarnation so far and realistically add up the moments of happiness and unhappiness and you tell me, oh somewhat vaguely nobly born, you tell me, what has it been like for you?

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Buddhism, Add

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• The truth is that if we are consumed with finding ways to help others, there will be little room left in our minds or our hearts for self-pity, self-loathing or unhappiness with the world in which we live.

  David S. Baxter

  Heart, Helping Others, Self

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• So what is happiness? I am sure this question will be asked through the ages. And I doubt there is one answer for all people. Like heaven and hell, one person's happiness can be another person's unhappiness, which is why I'm not attempting to tell you what to do to find your happiness. I have enough trouble finding and hanging onto my own true happiness.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Happiness, People, Heaven

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• The unhappiness of people is due to their ignorance of nature.

  Baron d'Holbach

  Nature, Ignorance, People

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• So much of unhappiness, it seems to me, is due to nerves; and bad nerves are the result of having nothing to do, or doing a thing badly, unsuccessfully or incompetently. Of all the unhappy people in the world, the unhappiest are those who have not found something they want to do. True happiness comes to those who do their work well, followed by a refreshing period of rest. True happiness comes from the right amount of work for the day.

  Lin Yutang

  Work, People, Unhappy

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• I generally find that comparison is the fast track to unhappiness. No one ever compares themselves to someone else and comes out even. Nine times out of ten, we compare ourselves to people who are somehow better than us and end up feeling more inadequate.

  Jack Canfield

  Inspirational, People, Track

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• Brian Eno records and music got me through. It made me feel like there were other people out there who had the same questions and fears and unhappiness. Particularly those kinds of artists who were writing songs about exactly those things.

  Greg Mottola

  Song, Writing, Artist

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• In all of my looking at happiness, one thing I noticed right away is that the opposite of happiness isn't unhappiness or even depression, it's anxiety. It is something that can constantly block our happiness, or our chance to reach that sort of meditative state in our work or our home lives.

  Ariel Gore

  Happiness, Block, Home

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• Friends have suggested that I am the least qualified person to talk about happiness, because I am often down, and sometimes profoundly depressed. But I think that's where my qualification comes from. Because to know happiness, it helps to know unhappiness.

  Alastair Campbell

  Happiness, Thinking, Down And

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• I don't want to get hung up on what 'people,' that nebulous mass, think about me. That's the way to unhappiness, I think.

  Monica Ali

  Thinking, People, Want

  "Ali's in wonderland" by Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2003.

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• When you're not involved, other people's unhappiness seems to be about the funniest damn thing on earth because you think you can solve it, that you are God, that you are above this, and that their unhappiness is just such useless toil and agony. If it's you, it ceases to be a comedy.

  Barry Hannah

  Thinking, Agony, People

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• The only unhappiness is not to love God.

  Thomas Merton

  God Love

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• The only unhappiness is a life of boredom.

  Stendhal

  Boredom

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• The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Selfish, Discipline, Generosity

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• Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.

  William James

  Talking, People

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• At the door of every happy person there should be a man with a hammer whose knock would serve as a constant reminder of the existence of unfortunate people.

  Anton Chekhov

  Happiness, Happy, Responsibility

  "Gooseberries". Short story by Anton Chekhov, 1898.

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• It is an old adage, "All is fair in love as in war," but I thought not of general laws, and only felt a private grievance.

  Jane Swisshelm

  Marriage, War, Women

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• Unhappiness is too common to call for special measures.

  Mason Cooley

  Special, Common, Misery

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