Quotes by Comforting They are more to me than life, these voices, they are more than motherliness and more than fear; they are the strongest, most comforting thing there is anywhere: they are the voices of my comrades. Erich Maria Remarque comrade voice comforting All natural disasters are comforting because they reaffirm our impotence, in which, otherwise, we might stop believing. At times it is strangely sedative to know the extent of your own powerlessness. Erica Jong comforting might believe ... clothes sometimes gave one more of a lift than any philosophic comforting. Erich Maria Remarque clothes comforting sometimes But if the gods do not exist at all - then we are lost,' I said. On the contrary - we are found!' said Aesop. But when we are afraid, who can we turn to, if not the gods?' Ourselves. We turn to ourselves anyway. We only pretend there are gods and that they care about us. It is a comforting falsehood. Erica Jong atheism atheist comforting Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do. Fareed Zakaria fairy-tale comforting believe We live by faith in a prayer-hearing, soul-converting , soul-sanctifyin g, soul-restoring, soul-comforting God. Francis Asbury soul prayer comforting I try to see the dark and light in everything. This is my way of comforting myself when I am dealing with those emotions. Francesca Lia Block light dark comforting It's easy, almost comforting, to dismiss Trumpism as the cry of laid-off men in rust-belt states shaking their wrinkled fists at the juggernaut of modernity. Fraser Nelson rust comforting men It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to be only arithmetical. Franz Kafka seems comforting world If only Sam could have stayed just like the Dog, she thought. A comforting friend without the complication of romantic interest.There had to be something she could do to completely discourage him, short of throwing up, or making herself totally unattractive. "I'm thirty-five," she said at last. Garth Nix unattractive dog comforting In terms of morality, we can be very narrowly focused. So convinced of our point of view and righteousness, and it just doesn't allow for circumstance or other people's points of view. It's very comforting because you don't have to self-reflect, you just are. There's a strain of that in American culture. George Harrar morality comforting culture Most men's conscience, habits, and opinions are borrowed from convention and gather continually comforting assurances from the same social consensus that originally suggested them. George Santayana opinion comforting men Much is required of those who are happy, especially if they have needed comforting in the past, and have received it. Giovanni Boccaccio needed comforting past That's the thing about conspiracy theories: in a comforting sort of way, they give rise to the feeling that someone, somewhere, knows what's going on. Glenn Reynolds feelings comforting giving Since we think about ourselves so much of the time, it is comforting to assume ... that we really know the score.... [But] this is not an easy assignment. [As] Santayana wrote, 'Nothing requires a rarer intellectual heroism than willingness to see one's equation written out.' Gordon Allport intellectual comforting thinking With the unknown, one is confronted with danger, discomfort, and care; the first instinct is to abolish these painful states. First principle: any explanation is better than none. . . . The causal instinct is thus conditional upon, and excited by, the feeling of fear. The "why?" shall, if at all possible, not give the cause for its own sake so much as for a particular kind of cause -- a cause that is comforting, liberating, and relieving. Friedrich Nietzsche feelings comforting giving I believe in comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable. Halford Luccock comfortable comforting believe The heart knoweth its own sorrow and there are times when, like David, it is comforting to think that our tears are put in a bottle and not one of them forgotten by the one who leads us in paths of sorrow. Hannah Hurnard heart comforting thinking Noble characters and pure affections and happy scenes are very comforting things. They're a refuge from life's disillusionments. Gustave Flaubert noble comforting character It's always more comforting to know that in any given corner of any room or any location you're on, you can make a photograph that you'll appreciate. Herb Ritts appreciate comforting rooms «1234567891011»