Comfort Quote by Anonymous

“There is silent and long-suffering sorrow to be met with among the peasantry. It withdraws into itself and is still. But there is a…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Lamentation is the intentional process of grieving and mourning so that we can bid an honest farewell to what we’ve lost and embrace the…

— Russ Ramsey

“Lamentations is insurance against premature comfort, against "healing the wounds of my people lightly" During the time of ruin there are always those who…

— Eugene H. Peterson

The lessons we learn in sadness and from loss are those that abide. Sorrow clarifies the mind, steadies it, and forces it to weigh…

— Theodore T. Munger

For grief is crowned with consolation.

— William Shakespeare

When griefs are genuine, I find, there is nothing more vacuous, more burdensome, or even more impertinent, than letters of consolation.

— Lord Chesterfield

Great grief makes sacred those upon whom its hand is laid. Joy may elevate, ambition glorify, but sorrow alone can consecrate.

— Horace Greeley

“The state of mind above which my distraction floats like fog is suddenly perfectly clear, though the right word for it is less immediately…

— Mark Doty

In grief, words are a poor consolation - silence and agonizing tears are all that is left the sufferer.

— Mary Todd Lincoln

Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.

— Ovid

“The word for teardrinkers is lachryphagous, and for the eaters of human flesh it is anthropophagous, and the rest of us feed on sorrow…

— Rebecca Solnit

Moderate lamentation is the right of the dead, excessive grief the enemy to the living.

— William Shakespeare