“Consolation indiscreetly pressed upon us, when we are suffering undue affliction, only serves to increase our pain, and to render our grief more poignant.” PainSufferingGriefIncreaseConspiracyAfflictionConsolationPoignant Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“When somebody dies we usually need reasons for consolation, not so much to alleviate our pain as to excuse ourselves for so readily feeling consoled.” NeedsReasonFeelingsPainDiesExcuseConsolationAlleviate Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“Consider the pains which martyrs have endured, and think how even now many people are bearing afflictions beyond all measure greater than yours, and say, "Of a truth my trouble is comfort, my torments are but roses as compared to those whose life is a continual death, without solace, or aid or consolation, borne down with a weight of grief tenfold greater than mine."” PeopleThinkingPainLife IsReligiousGriefGreaterTroubleMinesComfortWeightRoseAidsAfflictionTormentConsolationMartyrSolace Book:Introduction to the Devout Life Source: Introduction to the Devout Life