This week’s quotes focus on the topic of relief. We all know it when we feel it. And sometimes we work too hard to get some. Or look for it in all the wrong places. Here’s some quotes intended to lift the weight off of your shoulders:

"Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer." - Mark Twain

"Sorrow comes to all…Perfect relief is not possible, except with time. You cannot now realize that you will ever feel better and yet you are sure to be happy again."- Abraham Lincoln

"Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t. But you can’t tell the difference when you have no real information. Fear can create even more imaginary obstacles than ignorance can. That’s why the smallest step away from speculation and into reality can be an amazing relief. The Reality Solution means: Do it before you’re ready." - Barbara Sher

For fast-acting relief try slowing down.

Lily Tomlin

It is such a relief to be told the truth.

Katherine Anne Porter

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

Charlie Chaplin

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

Fiona Shaw

When I cleaned up some 17 odd years ago, I felt terrible for about six months. The only thing that gave me any real relief was strenuous physical activity.

James Taylor

Give up the feeling of responsibility, let go your hold, resign the care of your destiny to higher powers, be genuinely indifferent as to what becomes of it all and you will find not only that you gain a perfect inward relief, but often also, in addition, the particular goods you sincerely thought you were renouncing." -  William James