Quotes about Solace

Christ is the desire of nations, the joy of angels, the delight of the Father. What solace then must that soul be filled with, that has the possession of Him to all eternity!

My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.

Sometimes it was worth all the disadvantages of marriage just to have that: one friend in an indifferent world

Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.

“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.

“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”

Those who observe suffering are tempted to reject God; those who experience it often cannot give up on God, their solace and their agony." The presence of so many in church on a wintry night proved his point. "You can protest against the evil in the world only if you believe in a good God," Volf also said. "Otherwise the protest doesn't make sense.

When Heaven has taken from us some object of our love, how sweet is it to have a bosom whereon to recline our heads, and into which we may pour the torrent of our tears! Grief, with such a comfort, is almost a luxury!

Books: our unfailing companions

A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away--the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and affection of one being when all others have deserted us--is a hold, a stay, a comfort, in the deepest affliction, which no wealth could purchase, or power bestow.