Quotes About Consolation

También le dije que yo estaba muy preocupada por Jonathan, y entonces trató de consolarme. Y lo logró en parte, pues, si la comprensión de una amiga no puede solucionar un problema, sí que puede ayudar a que una se sienta mejor.

Necesitaba que fuera su aliado en aquellos tiempos oscuros y aterradores; necesitaba consuelo y esperanza, necesitaba su fuerza.

Consolation is about sharing loneliness and making it bearable.

That we ought to give ourselves up to GOD, with regard both to things temporal and spiritual, and seek our satisfaction only in the fulfilling of His will, whether He lead us by suffering or by consolation, for all would be equal to a soul truly resigned

I don't try to make sense of suffering. I try to make sense of life...I try each day to see God's will...I console myself with the old Negro spiritual, 'Sooner will be done the troubles of this world. I'm going home to live with God.

the selfish gladly consoled themselves with the thought that though it was merciful at least it was not liberal;

My mother is a great source of advice and wisdom and consolation for me.

On a computer there is no consolation in discovering you're almost right. Almost means you're still just wrong.

When the soul drifts uncertainly between life and the dream, between the mind's disorder and the return to cool reflection, it is in religious thought that we should seek consolation.

One third of our life is spent in sleep. It is consolation for the troubles of our waking hours or atonement for their pleasures; but I have never experienced sleep to be mere repose. After a few minutes lethargy, a new life begins, untrammeled by the limitations of time and space, and undoubtedly similar to that which awaits us after death...

he had the sudden thought of holding Donna Maria's hands in his, to rest his forehead against her heart and feel her console him wordlessly, mercifully. That need for pity, refuge, sympathy, was like the last piece of the soul that did not resign itself to perishing.

snow had wondrously returned. It pleased her to see anew the draped quality in the air, the muslin white descending, the animation, the plenitude. The symbol suggested itself – that there might be a white-washing now, and a more complete covering over. Snow is consolation, she thought; snow is this padding and cladding, this lush erasure of signs. She was surprised at how rested and serene she felt.

Era un consuelo pensar que, a pesar de lo mucho que había cambiado el mundo, las estrellas seguían siendo las mismas.

There's nothing like active employment to console the afflicted.

Love sweetens pains; and when one loves GOD, one suffers for His sake with joy and courage. Do you so, I beseech you; comfort yourself with Him, who is the only Physician of all our maladies. He is the FATHER of the afflicted, always ready to help us. He loves us infinitely more than we imagine: love Him then, and seek not consolation elsewhere

God does not ask much of us. But remembering Him, praising Him, asking for His grace, offering Him your troubles, or thanking Him for what He has given you will console you all the time.

we ought to give ourselves up to GOD, with regard both to things temporal and spiritual, and seek our satisfaction only in the fulfilling of His will, whether he lead us by suffering or by consolation, for all would lie equal to a soul truly resigned.

The sorest afflictions never appear intolerable, except when we see them in the wrong light. When we see them as dispensed by the hand of GOD, when we know that it is our loving FATHER who abases and distresses us, our sufferings will lose their bitterness, and become even matter of consolation.

A belief in immortality not only consoles the individual, but it exerts a powerful influence in bringing peace between individuals. If one actually thinks that man dies as the brute dies, he will yield more easily to the temptation to do injustice to his neighbor when the circumstances are such as to promise security from detection. But if one really expects to meet again, and live eternally with those whom he knows today, he is restrained from evil deeds by the fear of endless remorse.

Ci ho pensato fin ora e questo «Ah,ah» è la conclusione. Perché? Perché una risata è la risposta più saggia e più naturale a tutto ciò che è strambo, e venga quel che vuole, ci resta sempre una consolazione: la consolazione infallibile che tutto è prestabilito.

It is very difficult to console a person without seeming very fond of them; and then there's the danger of them growing fond of you.

For my part I have no joy in tears after dinnertime. There will always be a new dawn tomorrow. Yet I can have no objection to tears for any mortal who dies and goes to his destiny. And this is the only consolation we wretched mortals can give, to cut our hair and let the tears roll down our faces.

They were always there for you, books, like a small pet dog that doesn't die.

A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.