By choosing comfort we are in the very same decision choosing to miss every great thing in life, and that thought should be anything but comforting. - Craig D. Lounsbrough
My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those who are sad. - Olive Schreiner
We think that mercy is a sweeter and easier thing than justice, but it is not so; for justice takes us as we are, but mercy assaults us and batters at the gates of our heart, demanding that we be made new...Sometimes sorrow is easier than joy, and despair more comforting that hope. - Anthony Esolen
I always welcomed the comforting cloak of night except for the times when I lost something in it. - Donna Lynn Hope
The longer the trial to which God subjects you, the greater the goodness in comforting you during the time of the trial and in the exaltation after the combat. - Padre Pio
Comforting lies are better than a hurting truth, is my policy, but it's impossible to lie in front of you - D. Aswini
The purpose of a funeral service is to comfort the living. It is important at a funeral to display excessive grief. This will show others how kind-hearted and loving you are and their improved opinion of you will be very comforting. - P. J. O'Rourke
Viewing the child solely as an immature person is a way of escaping comforting him
In moderate doses melancholy can be strangley comforting, darkly sweet; it can by providing contrast, give an exquisitely sharp edge to happiness, especially to pleasures of the flesh.
Seasons change, so do cities. People come into your life and people go, but it's comforting to know: the ones you love are always in your heart and if you're very lucky, a plane ride away. - Michael Patrick King
Friendship," said Christopher Robin, "is a very comforting thing to have. - A.A. Milne
It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no, than to think that nobody’s out there. - Mitch Albom
Funerals seem less about comforting the souls of these dearly departed than aboutcomforting the people they leave behind. - Rin Chupeco
Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.
Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day. - Bertrand Russell
We have to expect disappointments, trouble, losses and hurts as an inevitable part of life. It is vital to repeat to ourselves the most important and comforting words of all time: THIS, TOO, SHALL PASS AWAY! - Donald Pillai
I spend half my time comforting the afflicated, and the other half afflicting the comfortable. - Wess Stafford
It always feels good and comforting to relax whilst there is work to be done but, it feels fulfilling to work hard, overcome slothfulness and challenges with tenacity and achieve your aim when you should have relaxed - Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Exercise is a great leveler. It doesn't matter how rich you are, you can't just buy your way into a great body. You have to do the work. I find that comforting. It's one of the few things in life where we're all on a level playing field. - Vinnie Tortorich
Baking Zomick's challah is comforting, and breads are the sweetest little bits of comfort food. They are very bite-sized and personal. - Zomick's Bakery
What an ambiance, and such a pity I'm alone: Candles giving off their glow, gusts of wind and the light tapping of rain on the windowpane - a massage for the mind. And a comforting one, too. - Donna Lynn Hope
Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought-- particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things. - Woody Allen
Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass. - Ann Landers
There must be a limit to the mistakes one person can make, and when I get to the end of them, then I'll be through with them. That's a very comforting thought. - L. M. Montgomery
If you want a sense of purpose for experiencing pressures, use your knowledge of Jesus Christ's comforting, enlivening, energizing presence to be a comfort to others. - William P. Barker
But who cares? Memory isn't about reality, and neither is music. It's about the comforting reflections we want to hold on to, even if they're mostly bullshit. - Spitznagel, Eric