It would be a considerable consolation to the poor and discontented could they but see the means whereby the wealth they covet… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
All spiritual strength for ourselves, all noble ties to one another, have their real source in that inner sanctuary where God denies… — James Martineau Copy Share Image
A man may be carried on in a constant course of mortification all his days; and yet perhaps never enjoy a good… — John Owen Copy Share Image
I have lived one hundred years; and I die with the consolation of never having thrown the slightest ridicule upon the smallest… — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle Copy Share Image
Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows the trouble I've not seen! — James Thurber Copy Share Image
I always try to keep in mind that while the characters in a farce may find themselves in outrageous dilemmas, and may… — Rupert Holmes Copy Share Image
We are not entirely sure of the meaning of all of the symbolic stones and their placement. Neither Joseph Smith nor Brigham… — Loren C. Dunn Copy Share Image
The effect of the consolations of religion may be compared to that of a narcotic. — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
When I feel like I'm not doing what I am supposed to as a mother, I will torture myself. I don't know… — Angie Harmon Copy Share Image
Although it is a gloomy view to suppose that life will die out, sometimes when I contemplate the things that people do… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
A hot bath! How exquisite a vespertine pleasure, how luxurious, fervid and flagrant a consolation for the rigours, the austerities, the renunciations… — Rose Macaulay Copy Share Image
They gave themselves up wholly to their sorrow, seeking increase of wretchedness in every reflection that could afford it, and resolved against… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The ready availability of suicide, like sex and alcohol, is one of life's basic consolations. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I still occasionally need to struggle but I now fear it less. The weapons I fight it with are also my consolations:… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some writers whom I respect very much, like China Miéville and some others of the New Weird, consider the true role of… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
O Jesus and Mary, let my entire consolation in this world be to love you and to suffer for sinners. — Bernadette Soubirous Copy Share Image
We must have faith during the period of our grief. We think that our afflictions will be greater than we can bear,… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
“What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Knowing that everything comes to an end is a gift of experience, a consolation gift for knowing that we ourselves are coming… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
How can I tolerate the slightest inconvenience to them, the women, the children, the sick, the aged, the blind, the decrepit, that… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
We are entirely in the care of Divine Providence, and it is very sweet to remain so in peace. The Cross is… — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share Image
Although I could lament in the language and feelings of David for Absalom, I am constrained to say, peace to his manes.… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
