If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort, you will get neither comfort nor truth, only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin with and, in the end, despair. —C. S. Lewis More about this quote Tags: truth despair comfort Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Life is full of so much that you refuse to let yourself experience. The blanketing comfort of love, the fulfillment of contagious laughter, the peace of finding true joy, the butterflies of uncontainable excitement…these are all things that make up life. They should never be taken for granted. —L.B. Simmons in The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller More about this quote Tags: love life laughter peace experience joy comfort excitement Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The comfortable people in tight houses felt pity at first, and then distaste, and finally hatred for the migrant people. —John Steinbeck More about this quote Tags: hatred comfort immigrants Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires. —Hedy Lamarr More about this quote Tags: inspiration art comfort painting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our own company, a quality that extroverts often envy. We find comfort in solitude and know how to soothe ourselves. Even our willingness to look at ourselves critically is often helpful. —Laurie Helgoe in Introvert Power More about this quote Tags: solitude envy comfort introversion Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. —Henry David Thoreau More about this quote Tags: comfort aloneness austerity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought-- particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things. —Woody Allen More about this quote Tags: space comfort finiteness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
People's reaction to me is sometimes "Uch, I just don't like her. I hate how she thinks she is so great." But it's not that I think I'm so great. I just don't hate myself. I do idiotic things all the time and I say crazy stuff I regret, but I don't let everything traumatize me. And the scary thing I have noticed is that some people really feel uncomfortable around women who don't hate themselves. So that's why you need to be a little bit brave. —Mindy Kaling in Why Not Me? More about this quote Tags: power regret feminism comfort bravery Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Being comfortable with who you are is the ultimate threat. —Sean Beaudoin in You Killed Wesley Payne More about this quote Tags: risk danger comfort Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There was something so comforting in the certainty that someone knew about your biggest flaws and was still willing to stick around. —R.K. Lilley in Bad Things More about this quote Tags: certainty comfort Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Beyond the quest for financial security and personal comfort, what, if anything, are we committed to? —Nathan McCall More about this quote Tags: comfort security Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Some people don't like being happy. They're much more comfortable when they have a problem. —Elin Hilderbrand in The Beach Club More about this quote Tags: happiness problems comfort Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me. —Simone de Beauvoir More about this quote Tags: truth love certainty comfort Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I turn in his arms, thinking how quickly it's become my favorite place in the world. Familiar, foreign, comforting, and thrilling all at once. —Nicola Yoon in Everything More about this quote Tags: comfort hugs arms Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Nobody who ever accomplished anything big or new or worth raising a celebratory fist in the air did it from their comfort zone. They risked ridicule and failure and sometimes even death. —Jen Sincero in You Are a Badass More about this quote Tags: risk failure comfort ridicule Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email