Best sorrow & consolation Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Through the pursuit of beauty we shape the world as a home, and in doing so we both amplify our joys and find consolation for our sorrows.”

World Home Joy Purpose Sorrow Shapes Pursuit Consolation Amplify

Author:Roger Scruton

“Never allow your own sorrow to absorb you, but seek out another to console, and you will find consolation.”

Sorrow Consolation Console

Author:J. C. Macaulay

“We must have faith during the period of our grief. We think that our afflictions will be greater than we can bear, but we do not know the strength of our own hearts, nor the power of God. He knows all. He knows every folding of the heart and also the extent of the sorrow that he inflicts. What we think will overwhelm us entirely only subdues and conquers our pride. Our renewed spirit rises from its subjugation with a celestial strength and consolation.”

Thinking Knows Heart Spirit Grief Greater Pride Bears Periods Sorrow Conquer Have Faith Affliction Consolation Celestial Power Of God Subjugation Folding

Author:Francois Fenelon

“even those who call themselves 'intimate' know very little about each other - hardly ever know just how a sorrow is felt, and hurt each other by their very attempts at sympathy or consolation. We can bear no hand on our bruises.”

Knows Littles Hands Suffering Felt Hurt Bears Sorrow Intimate Sympathy Consolation Bruises

Book:George Eliot's Life, as Related in Her Letters and Journals

Source: George Eliot's Life, as Related in Her Letters and Journals

“In the voice of mirth there may be excitement, but in the tones of mourning there is consolation.”

May Voice Sorrow Excitement Tone Mourning Consolation Mirth

Author:Willis Gaylord Clark

“Women have a smile for every joy, a tear for every sorrow, a consolation for every grief, an excuse for every fault, a prayer for every misfortune, and encouragement for every hope.”

Joy Prayer Grief Tears Sorrow Encouragement Faults Excuse Misfortunes Sympathy Consolation

Author:Germain-Francois Poullain de Saint-Foix

“... in this valley of tears we must expect much sorrow and little consolation.”

Littles Tears Sorrow Valleys Consolation

Author:Jane Frances de Chantal

“Inopportune consolations increase a deep sorrow.”

Sorrow Increase Consolation Deep Sorrow

Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“They gave themselves up wholly to their sorrow, seeking increase of wretchedness in every reflection that could afford it, and resolved against ever admitting consolation in future.”

Sorrow Reflection Increase Seeking Sensibility Consolation Admitting Wretchedness

Book:Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1

Source: Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1

“Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow.”

Book Mistake Sorrow Add Depth Consolation

Book:My Name Is Red

Source: My Name Is Red

“Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations - wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco.”

Men Country Care Moral Conditions Sorrow Pressure Wine Aids All Time Mortals Beer Consolation Tobacco Drunkenness Demise Opium Brandy

Book:The works of ... Edmund Burke

Source: The works of ... Edmund Burke

“Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to one in deep sorrow, I did not come to comfort you; God only can do that; but I did come to say how deeply and tenderly I feel for you in your affliction.”

Men Feels Said Can Do Wise Sorrow Comfort Quiet Welcome Grieving Sincere Efficient Affliction Consolation Deep Sorrow

Book:The New Dictionary of Thoughts

Source: The New Dictionary of Thoughts

“The mother is everything - she is our consolation in sorrow, our hope in misery, and our strength in weakness. She is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness. He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly”

Soul Mother Loses Source Sorrow Pure Weakness Mercy Misery Motherhood Bless Consolation Pure Soul

Author:Khalil Gibran

“Trials make more room for consolation. There is nothing that makes a man have a big heart like a great trial. I always find that little, miserable people, whose hearts are about the size of a grain of mustard seed, never have had much to try them. I have found that those people who have no sympathy for their fellows — who never weep for the sorrows of others — very seldom have had any woes of their own. Great hearts can only be made by great troubles.”

People Men Heart Made Helping Bigs Found Rooms Trouble Sorrow Fellows Helping Others Trials Consolation Big Heart No Sympathy Great Hearts

Author:Charles Spurgeon

“Sorrow is not in death but in loneliness, and conflict comes when you seek consolation, forgetfullness, explanations, and illusions.”

Love Life Truth Loneliness Sorrow Conflict Illusion Explanation Truth Of Life Consolation Truth Love

Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti

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