Consolation Quotes

309 quotes by 243 authors

When a friend needs consoling, do not give in to the temptation of telling stories similar to theirs of disaster or bereavement. It is something… — Giles Andreae
There are so many people who don't know small towns exist. When I write, I want to give my readers two things: one is a… — Jan Karon
And now I am eking out my days in my corner, taunting myself with the bitter and entirely useless consolations that an intelligent man cannot… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Those who seek consolation in existing churches often pay for their peace of mind with a tacit agreement to ignore a great deal of what… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Our dependence upon God ought to be so entire and absolute that we should never think it necessary, in any kind of distress, to have… — Thomas a Kempis
The shepherds - simple souls - came to adore the Infant Savior. Mary rejoiced at seeing their homage and willing offerings they made to her… — Peter Julian Eymard
I am a physician. I keep a drug-shop of lies. I give relief, consolation. Can one console and relieve without lying? ... Only women and… — Anatole France
These (literary) studies are the food of youth, and consolation of age; they adorn prosperity, and are the comfort and refuge of adversity; they are… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The people no longer seek consolation in art. But the refined people, the rich, the idlers seek the new, the extraordinary, the extravagant, the scandalous.… — Pablo Picasso
Thanks to my work everything's going well; it's a great consolation. — Claude Monet
God has commanded Time to console the unhappy — Joseph Joubert
How can I tolerate the slightest inconvenience to them, the women, the children, the sick, the aged, the blind, the decrepit, that come for counsel,… — Sathya Sai Baba
One of the large consolations for experiencing anything unpleasant is the knowledge that one can communicate it. — Joyce Carol Oates
Though sands be black and bitter black the sea, Night lie before me and behind me night, And God within far Heaven refuse to light… — Madison Cawein
Art and music shine a light of meaning on ordinary life, and through them we are able to confront the things that trouble us and… — Roger Scruton
Through the pursuit of beauty we shape the world as a home, and in doing so we both amplify our joys and find consolation for… — Roger Scruton
The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence. — Shelagh Delaney
A priest is the God-bearer or Christ-bearer, a living Eucharist of the divine presence, bringing a sympathetic ear and a compassionate heart in which people… — Arthur Middleton
The consolation of art comes in many forms... For some it is making, for others it is having. — Michael Kimmelman
Sure must be a great consolation to the poor people who lost their stock in the late crash to know that it has fallen in… — Will Rogers

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