#comforts

Pour not on the comforts you want, but upon the mercies you have. Look rather at God's ending in afflicting, than to the measure and degree of your affliction. ↗

— Christopher Love

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And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written. ↗

— Mark Strand

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They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts. ↗

— Matthew Henry

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What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds. ↗

— Saint Teresa of Avila

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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day. ↗

— Ramakrishna

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If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find. ↗

— John Churton Collins

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Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation. ↗

— Dalai Lama

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A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

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I think there is something for all of us where you find a balance in your life, where you feel that everything you do isn't about your own creature comforts or satisfying your own appetites. Some of it has to be directed outward and there is a huge satisfaction in that. ↗

— Wendie Malick

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