785 Quotes About Misery

It seemed to Rosa Lublin that the whole peninsula of Florida was weighted down with regret. Everyone had left behind a real life. Here they had nothing. They were all scarecrows, blown about under the murdering sunball with empty ribcages.

Rainy, gloomy, drab, sunless day.  There are times when hope seems entirely clouded over, when looking for the blessings in your circumstances feels like trying to catch a ray of sunshine from six feet under.

Que valor podrían tener aquellas miserias ante la voluntad del Todopoderoso, sin cuya voluntad no cae ni un solo cabello de la cabeza del hombre?

I was satisfied that I had done my best. She was insane.

I drink out of desperation. Life is too dreary to endure. The misery, loneliness, crampedness — they're heartbreaking.[...] What feelings do you suppose a man has when he realizes that he will never know happiness or glory as long as he lives? Hard work. All that amounts to is food for the wild beasts of hunger.

Everything moves in this world according to some rules and ignorance of these rules is the cause of our failures and misery.

wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness

Merit Karma (punya) has made one wander in the worldly life. Merit Karma brings together sensual pleasures (of 5 senses), from which arises deceit. Temptation to indulge in pleasure is the reason that gives rise to deceit. And deceit gives rise to the worldly life. Deceit and revengeful enmity is the reason this worldly life remains in existence.

Kashaya (attachment-abhorrence, anger-pride-deceit-greed) means that the relative self (pratisthit atma) within continuously experiences misery, experiences continuous restlessness.