Quotes by Comfort The best defense against the terror of existence are the homely comforts of love, work, and family life, which connect us to a world that is independent of our wishes yet responsive to our needs. Christopher Lasch independent comfort wish Pour not on the comforts you want, but upon the mercies you have. Look rather at God's ending in afflicting, than to the measure and degree of your affliction. Christopher Love degrees comfort looks It is a comfort to the miserable to have comrades in misfortune, but it is a poor comfort after all. Christopher Marlowe companionship miserable comfort Faustus: Stay, Mephistopheles, and tell me, what good will my soul do thy lord? Mephistopheles: Enlarge his kingdom. Faustus: Is that the reason he tempts us thus? Mephistopheles: Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris. (It is a comfort to the wretched to have companions in misery) Christopher Marlowe soul kingdoms comfort An adventure story is fear recalled in comfort. Christopher Moore comfort stories adventure I was never directly pressured by peers, but by surrounding myself with others who were experimenting with smoking provided a certain false comfort. Christy Turlington marijuana smoking comfort I suppose it’s comfort, perhaps a sense of self-control, doing worse things to yourself than the world will ever dare inflict. Chuck Palahniuk self comfort world I'm not really into comfort books. There are too many of those as it is. Just sort of narcotic books, like my grandmother used to read. They have value like Paxil has value, but there's plenty of them in the world already. There's a shortage of confronting, stimulating, exciting books. Chuck Palahniuk grandmother comfort book The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Clarence Darrow humans comfort can-do All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise. Cleopatra terrible-events seduction comfort Most people are afraid of change, but if you look at it as something you can always count on, then it can be a comfort. Clint Eastwood comfort people looks And one more thing: Sometimes comfort doesn’t matter. When a shoe is freakin’ fabulous, it may be worth a subsequent day of misery. Soak in Epsom salts and take comfort in the fact that you’re better than everyone else. Clinton Kelly shoes comfort may Comfort came in with the middle classes. Clive Bell middle comfort class I was more comfortable somehow in a European Tour setting. I have never really felt comfortable in the States and therefore I have never won a 72-hole event there. Colin Montgomerie holes events comfort The purest form of prayer we can engage in is to feel peace: the kind of peace that comes when we surrender totally to what is, as is—in the knowledge and comfort that Spirit has it all handled and that it will all work out for the best if we just get ourselves out of the way. Colin Tipping work-out prayer comfort For me, one of the pleasures of cats company is their devotion to bodily comfort. Compton Mackenzie cat devotion comfort The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man cherishes justice, the lower type of man cherishes the hope of favors to be received. Confucius comfort justice men A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar. Confucius growth change comfort I could only try to comfort the women that I came face-to-face with. I was really moved by how much they wanted to talk, how much they needed to be comforted, and how happy they were that we were there. Connie Sellecca comfort faces trying It is really hard for me to get out of my comfort zone. Connie Sellecca comfort-zone zone comfort «678910111213141516»
