“As the acceptance of democracy brings a certain life-giving power, so it has its own sanctions and comforts. Perhaps the most obvious one is the curious sense which comes to us from time to time, that we belong to the whole, that a certain basic well being can never be taken away from us whatever the turn of fortune.” GivingWellsWholeCertainTurnsDemocracyTakenAcceptanceComfortFortuneObviousCuriousWell BeingSanctions Book:Democracy and Social Ethics Source: Democracy and Social Ethics
“Personally, its a comfort and happiness to know that my work is taken seriously and is not marginalised and put in a box of ethnic immigrant writing in America.” KnowsWritingAmericaTakenComfortBoxesImmigrantsComfort And Happiness Author:Dinaw Mengestu
“No man who enters upon the office to which I have succeeded can fail to recognize how every president of the United States has placed special reliance upon his faith in God. Every president has taken comfort and courage when toldthat the Lord 'will be with thee. He will not fail thee nor forsake thee. Fear not-neither be thou dismayed.' Each of our presidents in his own way has placed a special trust in God. Those who were strongest intellectually were also strongest spiritually.” MenWayStatesPresidentUnitedLordUnited StatesTakenFailingSpecialComfortOfficeTheeStrongestTrust In GodFaith In GodRelianceFear NotForsakeDismayed Author:John F. Kennedy
“At the same time, you don't want to be blindsided at some point because you've taken too much comfort from knowing nothing. So you try to keep a little store of practical knowledge. At a certain point you have to pretend that something is true in order to have a relationship with the world.” WorldWantTryingLittlesCertainOrderKnowingTakenToo MuchComfortStoresPracticalsKnowing NothingPractical Knowledge Author:Will Oldham
“I've definitely taken a lot of consolation from animals in my life. There have been times when I've been really sad, and they gave solace and comfort and companionability more than a person.” PersonsHas BeensAnimalTakenComfortConsolationSolaceReally Sad Author:Susan Orlean
“The Saviour and the Comforter, two Persons of the Godhead: the One ever saves from sins, and the Other comforts him who is saved. Their very names are taken from their deeds, and are always actually justified. He comforts! The Holy Spirit comforts the believing soul, as a mother comforts her child.” BelieveChildrenPersonsTwoSoulSpiritMotherNamesSinTakenHolyComfortDeedsSavedHoly SpiritJustifiedSaviourComforter Author:John of Kronstadt
“There are wounds of the spirit which never close and are intended in God's mercy to bring us nearer to Him, and to prevent us leaving Him by their very perpetuity. Such wounds then may almost be taken as a pledge, or at least as a ground for a humble trust, that God will give us the great gift of perseverance to the end. This is how I comfort myself in my own great bereavements.” GivingMayEndsSpiritMy OwnTakenComfortMercyPerseveranceLeavingHumbleWoundsGods WillBereavementPledgeGreat GiftsLeaving Him Book:Selections from the Prose and Poetry of John Henry Newman Source: Selections from the Prose and Poetry of John Henry Newman
“Every president has taken comfort and courage when told...that the Lord "will be with thee. He will not fail thee nor forsake thee. Fear not-neither be thou dismayed."” PresidentLordTakenFailingComfortTheeFear NotForsakeDismayed Author:John F. Kennedy