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• Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement.

  Jane Welsh Carlyle

  Death, Bereavement, Trying

  Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883). “Letters and Memorials...”

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• If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Freedom, Patriotic, Libertarian Party

  "Strictly Personal" by W. Somerset Maugham, (ch. 31), 1941.

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• If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it.

  Jean Cocteau

  Asceticism, Height, States

  Jean Cocteau (1990). “Opium: The Illustrated Diary of His Cure”, Peter Owen Publishers

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• There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

  Iris Murdoch

  Relationship, Happiness, Marriage

  Iris Murdoch (1976). “A Severed Head”, p.148, Penguin

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• The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Men, Thinking

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• I was never directly pressured by peers, but by surrounding myself with others who were experimenting with smoking provided a certain false comfort.

  Christy Turlington

  Marijuana, Smoking, Peers

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• The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and no one is surprised.

  Freya Stark

  Love, Women, Stupid

  1934 The Valley of the Assassins.

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• The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an imaginary line from my bed to our house over in Wales. It was a great comfort.

  Roald Dahl

  House, Bed, Lines

  Roald Dahl (2009). “Boy: Tales of Childhood”, p.90, Penguin

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• Confit is the ultimate comfort food, and trendy or not, it is dazzling stuff.

  Sally Schneider

  Food, Stuff, Trendy

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• I'm generally more and more in my comfort zone in the wild.

  Tom Felton

  Comfort Zone, Zone

  "Tom Felton Talks About Reading, Collecting, and Being Draco". Interview with Marie Morreale, www.scholastic.com.

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• Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

  Anatole France

  Love, Inspiring, Dog

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

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• It is too great comfort which turns a man against himself. Life is most readily renounced at the time and among the classes where it is least harsh.

  Emile Durkheim

  Men, Class, Luxury

  John A. Spaulding, George Simpson, Emile Durkheim (2010). “Suicide”, p.298, Simon and Schuster

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• In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily wrong.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Life, Acceptance, Affliction

  The Guardian, July 28, 1989.

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• A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

  Laozi

  Love, Witty, Humorous

  "Analects of Confucius". 475–221 BC.

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• I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.

  Toni Morrison

  Writing, Thinking, Vision

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• Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.

  James Herriot

  Cat, Pet, Connoisseur

  James Herriot (2012). “Vet in Harness”, p.82, Pan Macmillan

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• As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope.

  Annette Funicello

  Country, Travel, Talking

  Annette Funicello, Norman Vincent Peale, Christopher Reeve, Michael J. (CON) Fox (2008). “Stories to Comfort the Soul”, GuidepostsBooks

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• All growth starts at the end of your comfort zone.

  Tony Robbins

  Travel, Live Life, Motivational Workout

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• Now I am past all comforts here, but prayer.

  William Shakespeare

  Prayer, Past

  William Shakespeare (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.581

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• Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

  Dr. Seuss

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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

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• Thy love is Singular when all thy delight is in Jesus Christ, and thou dost find joy and comfort in no other thing.

  Richard Rolle

  Jesus, Love Is, Joy

  "Selected Works of Richard Rolle: Hermit".

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  When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

  Khalil Gibran

  Moving On, Sympathy, Broken Heart

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.48, Lulu.com

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• Comfort zones are most often expanded through discomfort.

  Peter McWilliams

  Inspirational, Self Confidence, Zone

  Peter McWilliams (1997). “Love 101: To Love Oneself Is the Beginning of a Lifelong Romance”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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• Snuggle in God's arms. When you are hurting, when you feel lonely, left out. let Him cradle you, comfort you, reassure you of His all-sufficient power and love.

  Kay Arthur

  Lonely, Hurt, Loneliness

  Kay Arthur (1995). “My Savior, My Friend: A Daily Devotional”, Harvest House Pub

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• Comfort in expressing your emotions will allow you to share the best of yourself with others, but not being able to control your emotions will reveal your worst.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Literature, Able, Emotion

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