(101 quotes found)
“When the itch is inside the boot, scratching outside provides little consolation”
Chinese Proverbs
“It is a great consolation for me to remember that the Lord, to whom I had drawn near in humble and child-like faith, has suffered and died for me, and that He will look on me in love and compassion.”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings.”
Walter Lippmann
“Talk to me about the truth of religion and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I'll listen submissively. But don't come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don't understand.”
C.S. Lewis
“Sorrow comes to all...Perfect relief is not possible, except with time. You cannot now realize that you will ever feel better and yet you are sure to be happy again.”
Abraham Lincoln
“I am here to listen to you, to console you. Do not by loudness of voice disturb those who are meditating or reading or writing the Name of God.”
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.”
Euripides
“I picked up the writing on the very day he died. It was the only consolation I could find.”
Wilfrid Sheed
“I have the consolation to reflect that during the period of my administration not a drop of the blood of a single fellow citizen was shed by the sword of war or of the law”
Thomas Jefferson
“There is nothing so consoling as to find one's neighbor's troubles are at least as great as one's own.”
George Moore
