Comfort Quotes - Page 39

• Guilt kept me going. It was impossible not to blame myself for what had happened, but even guilt was a comfort. It was a human feeling, a sign that I was still attached to the same world that other men lived in.

  Paul Auster

  Men, Feelings, Guilt

  Paul Auster (2010). “Moon Palace: A Novel (Penguin Ink)”, p.124, Penguin

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• For me, heaven would be a lack of alienation. The whole time I was growing up, I felt comfort was inherently evil. I think that for me heaven isn't about couches and milk shakes and never having a troubling thought again.

  Alice Sebold

  Growing Up, Thinking, Evil

  "PW Talks with Alice Sebold". Interview with Ann Darby, www.publishersweekly.com. Jun 17, 2002.

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• The belief that we can rely on shortcuts to happiness, joy, rapture, comfort, and ecstasy, rather than be entitled to these feelings by the exercise of personal strengths and virtues, leads to legions of people who, in the middle of great wealth, are starving spiritually.

  Martin Seligman

  Exercise, People, Joy

  Martin Seligman (2011). “Authentic Happiness”, p.16, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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• If we loved Steve Aylett, really loved him in the way that he deserves, a selfless love that genuinely wanted nothing save his happiness and comfort, we'd lobotomise him.

  Alan Moore

  Selfless, Way, Wanted

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• There is one notable thing about our Christianity: bad, bloody, merciless, money-grabbing, and predatory. The invention of hell measured by our Christianity of today, bad as it is, hypocritical as it is, empty and hollow as it is, neither the deity nor his son is a Christian, nor qualified for that moderately high place. Ours is a terrible religion. The fleets of the world could swim in spacious comfort in the innocent blood it has spilled.

  Mark Twain

  Christian, Son, Blood

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• Music has always had the ability to comfort and inspire.

  Pete Seeger

  Inspire, Ability

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• Trying to find comfort in perpetual discomfort has been my life's work.

  Devendra Banhart

  Trying, Has Beens, Perpetual

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• The common man wants nothing of life but health, longevity, amusement, comfort-“happiness.” He who does not despise this should turn his eyes from world history, for it contains nothing of the sort. The best that history has created is great suffering.

  Oswald Spengler

  Eye, Men, Suffering

  Oswald Spengler (1967). “Aphorisms”

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• Automobile in America,Chromium steel in America,Wire-spoke wheel in America,Very big deal in America!Immigrant goes to America,Many hellos in America,Nobody knows in America,Puerto Rico's in America!I like the shores of America!Comfort is yours in America!Knobs on the doors in America!Wall-to-wall floors in America!

  Stephen Sondheim

  Wall, Doors, America

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• When we are at the worst times of our lives, when we are battling with something, or struggles, whatever it may be, when we are at our highest point as well, when things are going really well, we want somebody to comfort us and be there for us and to say, 'Well done.' That's Jesus!

  Russell Wilson

  Jesus, Struggle, Want

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• The greatness of man cannot be seen in the hours of comfort and convenience, but rather in moments of conflict/adversity

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Adversity, Men, Greatness

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• I like learning stuff. The more information you can get about a person or a subject, the more you can pour into a potential project. I made a decision to do different things. I want to do things that have a better chance of being thought of as original. I do everything I can to disrupt my comfort zone.

  Brian Grazer

  Decision, Different, Want

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• They say that life is tough enough. But I guess I like to make things difficult on myself, because I do that all the time. Every day and on purpose. That's because I believe in disrupting my comfort zone.

  Brian Grazer

  Believe, Purpose, Tough

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• If you're feeling pain, express that to the Lord. If you're feeling worried, express those worries. One passage that gives me comfort is in Psalms, Chapter 11, verse 3, it reads, "When all that is good falls apart, what can good people do?" That's really the question of the day.

  Max Lucado

  Pain, Fall, People

  Source: edition.cnn.com

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• Onstage, of course, you have the luxury of rehearsal and discovery and time and comfort, which then turns into terror when you actually have to put it in front of people.

  Julianne Nicholson

  Discovery, Luxury, People

  Source: articles.chicagotribune.com

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• Nothing works perfectly. The weather doesn't work perfectly. Because of sin in the world, nothing works perfectly. But in spite of that we can find comfort. We can find strength.

  Rick Warren

  Weather, World, Sin

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• God doesn't owe us an explanation for everything and actually what I've found is that explanations don't comfort. What comforts is the presence of God, not the explanation of God.

  Rick Warren

  Found, Explanation, Presence Of God

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• There is a difference between God as a sense of comfort, and God actually telling you what to do!

  Michele Bachmann

  Differences

  "Listen to the People More Often. A 'Friendly' Little Interview with Michele Bachmann" by Scott Rohter, www.lessgovisthebestgov.com. August 2011.

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• But there is no such man; for, brother, men
  Can counsel and speak comfort to that grief
  Which they themselves not feel; but, tasting it,
  Their counsel turns to passion, which before
  Would give preceptial medicine to rage,
  Fetter strong madness in a silken thread,
  Charm ache with air and agony with words.

  William Shakespeare

  Strong, Brother, Grief

  William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.1491, Oxford University Press

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• Like a young eaglet that gets pushed out of the nest at the appropriate time, a young man must learn to fly on his own. If the nest is too cushy, if all of his creature comforts are there for his enjoyment, then he may set up his high-definition television and perch for a while.

  Dennis Rainey

  Men, Television, May

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• I find a great deal of comfort and care in my faith and prayer. I'd sooner do without air than prayer.

  Mary Karr

  Prayer, Air, Care

  Interview with Amy Cavanaugh, www.avclub.com. April 5, 2011.

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• Most of us entered journalism and joined "news organizations" because we care about the greater good. We strive to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

  David Shuster

  Organization, News, Care

  "The 'Live TV' Suicide: Forgive Shep Smith, But Boycott Buzzfeed" by David Shuster, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 30, 2012.

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• It isnt only fictional heroes to whom toast means home and comfort. It is related of the Duke of Wellington - I believe by Lord Ellesmere - that when he landed at Dover in 1814, after six years absence from England, the first order he gave at the Ship Inn was for an unlimited supply of buttered toast.

  Elizabeth David

  Believe, Hero, Mean

  Elizabeth David (2011). “A Taste of the Sun”, p.68, Penguin UK

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• ...when I was angry at God because I couldn't go to my son, hold him, and comfort him, God's son was holding my son in his lap.

  Todd Burpo

  God, Jesus, Son

  Todd Burpo (2014). “Heaven is for Real Movie Edition: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back”, p.84, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Anything that disturbs your comfort factor is good for you.

  Tony La Russa

  Factors

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