“It cannot be doubted that theistic belief is a comfort and a solace to those who hold it, and that the loss of it is a very painful loss. It cannot be doubted, at least, by many of us in this generation, who either profess it now, or received it in our childhood and have parted from it since with such searching trouble as only cradle-faiths can cause. We have seen the spring sun shine out of an empty heaven, to light up a soulless earth; we have felt with utter loneliness that the Great Companion is dead.” LightEarthBeliefHeavenFeltCausesLossSunGenerationsTroubleAtheismChildhoodLonelinessComfortSpringEmptyOur ChildrenShiningPainfulPositive AtheismCompanionCradleSolaceDoubtedLight UpThis GenerationSun ShinesSoulless Book:The Ethics of Belief and Other Essays Source: The Ethics of Belief and Other Essays
“[Milton's] argument is (a) St. Augustine was wrong in thinking God's only purpose in giving Adam a female, instead of a male, companion, was copulation. For (b) there is a "peculiar comfort" in the society of man and woman "beside, (i.e. in addition to, apart from) the genial bed"; and (c) we know from Scripture that something analogous to "play" or "slackening the cords" occurs even in God. That is why the Song of Songs describes a thousand raptures...far on the hither side of carnal enjoyment.” ThinkingKnowsMenGivingPlayPurposeSongSidesComfortThousandBedMen And WomenFemaleArgumentMalesScriptureEnjoymentCompanionPeculiarAdamRaptureCordsMiltonAugustineThinking God Author:C. S. Lewis
“It brings comfort to have companions in whatever happens.” HappensComfortCompanionWhatever Happens Author:Saint John Chrysostom
“Most people may not realize the tremendous value that therapy/companion/comfort animals have for the purposes of easing the suffering of those with PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), particularly within the military.” PeopleMayPurposeSufferingValuesRealizingAnimalBrainMilitaryComfortTherapyInjuryCompanionPtsdBrain InjuryTraumatic Brain Injury Author:Ken Wahl
“I found a lot of comfort in the fact that 30-odd people have been companions before me. I think that when there are so many people contributing so many things to the show, all you can do is make it your own. You can't try to emulate anyone, because who would you pick? The companions are very much the everyman, and the audience watches the story through their eyes, so they could be the person next door. And everybody's different.” PeopleThinkingTryingDifferentEyeAudienceComfortCompanionEveryman Author:Freema Agyeman
“Writing was my companion and stories were my companion when I was bedridden and didn't think I was going to walk again and all of that treacherous stuff. And stories are how you can comfort a child. It's certainly how I comforted my daughter, in good and bad times.” ThinkingWritingChildrenComfortDaughterCompanionMy DaughterGood And BadBad Times Author:Jennifer Lynch
“Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.” PersonsStillsSituationComfortUnhappyTragicCompanionShelterGood Food Author:Dalai Lama
“My professional acting life, stage and screen, has brought me public support, emotional fulfillment and material comfort. It has brought me together with fine people, good companions with whom I've shared the inevitable lot of all actors: flops and hits.” PeopleTogetherActorsActingSupportStageEmotionalMaterialsFineComfortScreensInevitableFulfillmentCompanion Author:Peter O'Toole
“Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind.” WritingMindLongBookTurnsSidesInterestFriendshipFieldsComfortAttractiveCompanionLeisureAmusementYour Side Book:The Second World War: The Gathering storm Source: The Second World War: The Gathering storm
“Reading has always been my home, my sustenance, my great invincible companion. "Book love," Trollope called it. "It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live." Yet of all the many things in which we recognize some universal comfort...reading seems to be the one in which the comfort is most undersung.” LongBookHomeSeemsReadingHoursComfortUniversalPleasantCompanionInvincibleSustenanceBook Love Author:Anna Quindlen
“Here in my heart, my happiness, my house. Here inside the lighted window is my love, my hope, my life. Peace is my companion on the pathway winding to the threshold. Inside this portal dwells new strength in the security, serenity, and radiance of those I love above life itself. Here two will build new dreams--dreams that tomorrow will come true. The world over, these are the thoughts at eventide when footsteps turn ever homeward. In the haven of the hearthside is rest and peace and comfort.” WorldHeartTwoDreamTurnsHouseSecurityHavensTomorrowMy HeartComfortWindowCompanionSerenityPathwaysFootstepsThresholdRadiancePortalRest And Peace Author:Abraham Lincoln
“Faustus: Stay, Mephistopheles, and tell me, what good will my soul do thy lord? Mephistopheles: Enlarge his kingdom. Faustus: Is that the reason he tempts us thus? Mephistopheles: Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris. (It is a comfort to the wretched to have companions in misery)” SoulReasonLordComfortMiseryKingdomsMy SoulCompanionWretchedGood WillFaustusMephistopheles Author:Christopher Marlowe