Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.

Quote by St Basil

Topics: Comfort Quotes

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed...

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed...

Troubles are usually brooms and shovels that smooth the road to the good man's fortune;...

Troubles are usually brooms and shovels that smooth the road to the good man's fortune;...

Valentines Day is a masochistic holiday. If you're in a relationship, then this is the...

Valentines Day is a masochistic holiday. If you're in a relationship, then this is the...

Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a...

Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a...

At a given moment, I open my eyes and exist. And before that, for all...

At a given moment, I open my eyes and exist. And before that, for all...

Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the...

Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the...

For all of us who are alive, life is the real issue. Yet so often...

For all of us who are alive, life is the real issue. Yet so often...

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free...

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free...

If you could be either God's worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose?

If you could be either God's worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose?

Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.

Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.

The potentiality of perfection outweighs actual contradictions... Existence in itself is here to prove that...

The potentiality of perfection outweighs actual contradictions... Existence in itself is here to prove that...

Shotgunning anybody in this room would be the moral equivalent of killing a car, a...

Shotgunning anybody in this room would be the moral equivalent of killing a car, a...

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of...

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of...

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become...

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become...

Shotgunning anybody in this room would be the moral equivalent of killing a car, a...

Shotgunning anybody in this room would be the moral equivalent of killing a car, a...

For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I...

For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I...

In the wild struggle for existance, we want to have something that endures, and so...

In the wild struggle for existance, we want to have something that endures, and so...

We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can...

We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can...

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...

There is a point where in the mystery of existence contradictions meet; where movement is...

There is a point where in the mystery of existence contradictions meet; where movement is...

A good intention clothes itself with power

A good intention clothes itself with power