Quotes about Comfort

I have always liked fat men. They have given up all unnecessary effort, for they have had the sense to realize that women do not, as men do, fall in love with physical beauty. Curran was stout and so was your father. It's easier to feel at home with a fat man.

Hear Jesus say, "Jill, I will never hurt you or shame you. I told you I will never leave you nor forsake you. Never! I love you with an everlasting and perfect love." Can you hear Jesus say this? JILL: Yes.

My overcoat is worn out; my shirts also are worn out. And I ask to be allowed to have a lamp in the evening; it is indeed wearisome sitting alone in the dark.

If I ever write a book, 'I Should Have Worn Comfortable Shoes' would be the title.

When we are fearful and worried all the time, we are living as if we don't believe that we have a strong and able Shepherd who is tenderhearted toward us, who only leads us to good places, who protects us and lovingly watches over us.

Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.

When someone is in crisis, don't start by teaching, leveraging, or explaining. Just be with.

Overheard at a gravesite: "And they all said 'I'm sorry for your loss,' as if you were someone who could ever be taken from me."

An old belief is like an old shoe. We so value its comfort that we fail to notice the hole in it.

Man is the only animal who enjoys the consolation of believing in a next life; all other animals enjoy the consolation of not worrying about it.

If God had intended us to be alone, there would be more pleasure in massaging our own shoulders.

We are each of us born into the arms of mortality, the Lord recognizing our need to be held.