“If happiness is a state of the inward life, we have to look for its chief obstructions not in outward conditions but in deeper places. Happiness depends in the last issue, as we saw, on the essential view of life. It is not a matter of distractions, nor even of mere pleasurable sensations. There may be an appearance of great prosperity with incurable sadness hidden at the heart, as there is an outward peace which is only a well-masked despair. The way to happiness is indeed harder than the way to success; for its chief enemies entrench themselves within the soul.” IfsWayWellsLooksHeartMaySoulMatterStatesLastsHappinessViewsEnemyIssuesSawsSadnessConditionsDependsEssentialsDespairHarderMereProsperityAppearanceDeeperChiefsSensationsDistractionInwardObstructionWay To Success Book:Happiness Source: Happiness
“No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.” HumansHas BeensAblePainPoliticalDeathSocialSadnessSocietyConditionsEmotionalDepressionAbsolutesVicesHuman ConditionThirstFear Of DeathVice VersaPolitical SystemsAbolishThis SocietySad LifeSocial ConditionsSadness Of LifeSadness And Love Author:Eugene Ionesco
“Profound sadness is always the result of an unhealthy condition of the body. ... We [should] say, 'I am sad; everything looks black to me; but external events are in no way responsible. It's my body that insists on reasoning. These are the opinions of my stomach.'” WayShouldLooksBodyBlackResultsOpinionSadnessConditionsEventsResponsibleProfoundReasoningStomachUnhealthyProfound Sadness Author:Emile Chartier
“I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings.” PeopleThinkingWayBelieveHumansSoulCoursesDealsDarknessSadnessConditionsFiguresRageHorribleHuman ConditionUpbringingReservedFeeling SadReally SadSadness Of LifeRage And AngerSad SoulSadness And Anger Author:Kevin Bacon
“Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not 'yours,' not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you.” MindHumansSadnessConditionsBoredomHuman MindComes And GoesFeeling SadStillness Speaks Book:Stillness Speaks Source: Stillness Speaks
“Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.” PeopleMotivationalChangeSadnessConditionsCrySadAngerAngryBlack HistoryAnger ManagementFeeling SadSad LifeSadness Of LifeSadness And Anger Author:Malcolm X
“There's a sadness to the human condition that I think music is good for. It gives a counterpoint to the visual beauty, and adds depth to pictures that they wouldn't have if the music wasn't there.” IfsThinkingGivingHumansSadnessConditionsMusic IsAddDepthVisualsHuman Condition Author:Mike Figgis
“It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone what it compares its situation to that can make anyone happy or miserable. Compare it to something better - result envy, frustration and sadness. Compare it to something worse - relief, gratitude and happiness.” MindResultsSituationSadnessConditionsGratitudeEnvyMiserableCompareReliefFrustrationSomething Better Author:Roger L'Estrange
“There is no chance for the welfare of the world unless the condition of woman is improved. It is not possible for a bird to fly on only one wing. There is no hope for that family or country where there is no estimation of women, where they live in sadness. For this reason, they have to be raised first.” WorldFirstsCountryReasonChanceSadnessConditionsBirdWingsRaisedWelfareNo HopeEstimation Author:Swami Vivekananda