It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.
We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren't happy.
A person who longs to leave the place where he lives is an unhappy person.
The biggest misfortune for Dazai's enemies is that they are enemies.
I'm not unhappy. I'm just not quite ready to be happy.
Here's what I do when I'm feeling down. I get very quiet and very still. And I say to myself... Everyone in the world is as miserable and empty as I am. There's just better pretending.
Now that's not buying happiness. That's just buying off unhappiness.
All of the disadvantages in this world stems from a person’s lack of ability.
I quite appreciate my destiny; every day some misfortune happens to me, and I have long since grown accustomed to it, and face my fortune with a smile.
Explanation:
Translated from the Russian by Kathleen Cook
The Poor, disappear. The Useless, disappear. The Unclean, disappear.