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Letter "C" » comforts
«Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.»
«Of all created comforts, God is the lender; you are the borrower, not the owner»
«I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.»
«Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Luxury,
Mankind
| Keywords:
comforts, elevation, hindrance, hindrances, indispensable, luxuries, positive, so-called, The So
«Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.»
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
comforts, conduce, conduced, conduces, generally, growth, growths, increase, laid, material, moral, whatsoever
«Marriage, Sir, is much more necessary to a man than to a woman; for he is much less able to supply himself with domestick comforts»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Marriage,
Relationships
| Keywords:
comforts, supply
«I am not able to instruct you. I can only tell that I have chosen wrong. I have passed my time in study without experience; in the attainment of sciences which can, for the most part, be but remotely useful to mankind. I have purchased knowledge at the expense of all the common comforts of life: I have missed the endearing elegance of female friendship, and the happy commerce of domestic tenderness.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
attainment, comforts, commerce, endeared, endearing, for the most part, not able, purchased, remotely, tenderness
«Of all comforts, this is the true comfort. Keep the Guru's Teachings in your mind.»
«In their kindness, the Saints have told me of the True One, and so I have obtained all comforts and joy.»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib
| Keywords:
comforts
«My bed is beautiful, and I have all comforts. I feel no sadness at all. My desires have been fulfilled - by great good fortune, I have obtained the Sovereign Lord as my Husband. Join with me, my sisters, and sing the songs of rejoicing and the Hymns of the Lord of the Universe.»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib
| Keywords:
comforts, good fortune, hymn, hymns, rejoicing, Songs of, The Lord of the
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