Comfort Quotes

“Is there no balm in Gilead?”

“Comfort is a form of suicide.”

“Miserable comforters are ye all.”

“Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”

“Comfort is tedious when it lasts too long.”

“A scholar who loves comfort is not worthy of the name.”

“Mothers obtain it from their children, and men from their dogs.”

“It's grand, and you canna expect to be baith grand and comfortable.”

“comfort”

“COMFORT, n. A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor's uneasiness.”

“Wikipedia: Comfort”

“And He that doth the ravens feed,
Yea, providently caters for the sparrow,
Be comfort to my age!”

“They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts.”

“I tell you naught for your comfort,
Yea, naught for your desire,
Save that the sky grows darker yet
And the sea rises higher.”

“From out the throng and stress of lies,
From out the painful noise of sighs,
One voice of comfort seems to rise:
"It is the meaner part that dies."”

“Material comforts ... are small, but the soul clings to them: it considers them every day and from very close; in the end they hide the rest of the world from it.”

“That comfort comes too late;
'Tis like a pardon after execution;
That gentle physic, given in time, had cur'd me;
But now I am past all comforts here, but Prayers.”

“Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants’ quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty.”

“What! said Obstinate, and leave our Friends, and our Comforts behind us! Yes, said Christian, because that all, which you shall forsake, is not worthy to be compared with a little of that that I am seeking to enjoy.”

“Most of the luxuries, and many of the so called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. With respect to luxuries and comforts, the wisest have ever lived a more simple and meager life than the poor.”