#Consolation Quotes

“Weep not, sweet queen, for trickling tears are vain.”

“It easeth some, though none it ever cured, to think their dolour others have endured.”

“My joy in friends, those sacred people, is my consolation.”

“For grief is crowned with consolation.”

“It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.”

“Those who are absent, by its means become present; it [mail] is the consolation of life.”

“Truly the stars were given for a consolation to man.”

“Even the death of Friends will inspire us as much as their lives. They will leave consolation to the mourners, as the rich leave money to defray the expenses of their funerals, and their memories will be incrusted over with sublime and pleasing thoughts, as monuments of other men are overgrown with moss; for our Friends have no place in the graveyard.”

“Music is the best consolation for a despaired man”

“When somebody dies we usually need reasons for consolation, not so much to alleviate our pain as to excuse ourselves for so readily feeling consoled.”

“For those who need consolation no means of consolation is so effective as the assertion that in their case no consolation is possible: it implies so great a degree of distinction that they at once hold up their heads again.”

“Consolation for unhappiness can often be found in a certain satisfaction we get from looking unhappy.”

“We often are consoled by our want of reason for misfortunes that reason could not have comforted.”

“I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.”

“Humour is...the all-consoling and...the all-excusing, grace of life.”