Consolation Quotes

309 quotes by 243 authors

Sex is the consolation you have when you can't have love. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Father of mercy and God of all consolation, graciously look upon me and impart to me the blessing which flows from this holy Sacrament. Overshadow… — Saint Blaise
But resurrection is not just consolation â€” it is restoration. We get it all back â€” the love, the loved ones, the goods, the beauties… — Timothy Keller
As for those who protest that I am robbing people of the great comfort and consolation they gain from Christianity, I can only say that… — Rupert Hughes
If the portraits of our absent friends are pleasant to us, which renew our memory of them and relieve our regret for their absence by… — Heloise
Hope is the consolation of the world. — Robert Green Ingersoll
I still occasionally need to struggle but I now fear it less. The weapons I fight it with are also my consolations: books, music, food,… — P.D. James
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith. — Simone Weil
I ran like a champion. It is a great consolation to show how dominant I am. I am the Olympic champion and the world champion,… — Justin Gatlin
Brothers and sisters, one of the great consolations of this Easter season is that because Jesus walked such a long, lonely path utterly alone,Â weÂ… — Jeffrey R. Holland
The ready availability of suicide, like sex and alcohol, is one of life's basic consolations. — Edward Abbey
But the most wretched thing, is it not-is to drag out, as I do, a useless existence. If our pains were only of some use… — Gustave Flaubert
Soup is cuisine's kindest course. It breathes reassurance; it steams consolation; after a weary day it promotes sociability, as the five o'clock cup of tea… — Louis Pullig De Gouy
I am much indebted to the good Christian people of the country for their constant prayers and consolations; and to no one of them, more… — Abraham Lincoln
A man may be carried on in a constant course of mortification all his days; and yet perhaps never enjoy a good day of peace… — John Owen
To know that God knows everything about me and yet loves me is indeed my ultimate consolation. — R C Sproul
If I were John Bolton, I'd take great consolation in the words of my principal supporter on the committee, who gave a ringing endorsement, which… — Mark Shields
A love of nature is a consolation against failure. — Berthe Morisot
Actually, it's the other way round. In a poor country, the only consolation people can have is the one that comes from their beliefs. — Orhan Pamuk
It is one of the consolations of philosophy that the benefit of showing how to dispense with a concept does not hinge on dispensing with… — Willard Van Orman Quine

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