Favorite Quotations ~  Comfort Home Comforts: Art and Science of Keeping House

"Woman softens her own troubles by generously solacing those of others. " ~ Francoise D'aubegne Maintenon

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The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. ~ Clarence Darrow

I define comfort as self-acceptance when we finally learn that self-care begins and ends with ourselves, we no longer demand sustenance and happiness from others. ~ Jennifer Louden

Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man. ~ Louis Nizer

The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort. ~ Confucius

We find comfort among those who agree with us growth among those who don't. ~ Frank A.Clark

The more comfortable you are the more trouble you’re in. Comfort means playing it safe and avoiding risk. It’s the beginning of the end. ~ Bill Ernstrom

My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those that are sad. ~ Olive Schreiner

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own. ~ Abraham Lincoln

Explosions are not comfortable. ~ Yevgeny Zamyatin