Consoling Quotes

Only the very greatest art invigorates without consoling.

Nothing keeps me in such awe as perfect beauty; now, there is something consoling and encouraging in ugliness.

False beliefs can be every bit as consoling as true ones, right up until the moment of disillusionment.

I'm not interested in provoking people, but only in trying to be consoling.

If you can talk brilliantly about a problem

Humour is...the all-consoling and...the all-excusing, grace of life.

I tell the gods are still alive / And they are not consoling.