#comforts

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

— Joyce Carol Oates

#comforts #i #me

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

#care #comforts #defect #desires #finds

It is common to distinguish necessaries, comforts, and luxuries; the first class including all things required to meet wants which must be satisfied, while the latter consist of things that meet wants of a less urgent character. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

#character #class #comforts #common #consist

I work so much. If I don't get all the comforts, I will turn mad. ↗

— Lalu Prasad Yadav

#get #i #mad #much #turn

It's often difficult to slough off all that we've acquired, all the comforts and safety nets modern life provides for us, and realize that in those days, people were living very much on the edge - life was incredibly hard! ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#comforts #days #difficult #edge #hard

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

— John Churton Collins

#each #find #knew #other #secrets

I sat on a toilet watching the water run thinking what an odd thing tourism is. You fly off to a strange land, eagerly abandoning all the comforts of home and then expend vast quantities of time and money in a largely futile effort to recapture the comforts you wouldn’t have lost if you hadn’t left home in the first place. ↗

— Bill Bryson

#home #tourism #money

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#comforts #fears #hopes #many #prosperity

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

#comforts #companion #encountering #even #food

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

— Hedy Lamarr

#always #been #comforts #company #friend