Psychological Comfort Quotes

I think that for some people faith is good - they have something to draw to.

Thinking about suicide is a potent consolation: it helps us to get through many a bad night.

It is psychologically very hard to go through life without the justification, and the hope, provided by religion.

I use the name and the thought very, very easily as a sort of comfort - as a kind of comfort, in some way. And in that way, it's just like having a friend, I suppose.

It just seems like a religion that is perfect for people who feel like they need a grounding, who feels that the world has run off on them. I've discussed this with Scientologists, and they don't disagree. So, for a certain type of person, that's great.

It explains why people come home from work or school and immediately switch on the television. They are not interested in the program much of the time, they do not even know what is on. But they are desperate for the sound of another human voice in their lives

The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death.

No matter how stark the reality, a human being fits it into a narrative that is palatable.

gods are children's blankets that get carried over into adulthood.

I don't like to feel intimidated by where I make a living.

There's a different kind of comfort that comes from knowing that you are putting your best foot forward. It's called psychological comfort. Look at a picture of the Coney Island boardwalk in 1925. Men were in full-on three-piece suits, hats. They may have only had one suit. But they pressed it. They made it look as good as possible.

Space is something that you have to define. Otherwise, it is like anxiety, which is too vague. A fear is something specific. I like claustrophobic spaces, because at least then you know your limits.

When I'm feeling awful, music is the only thing that releases the pressure. It's been the best psychiatrist I've ever had.

The act of naming is the great and solemn consolation of mankind

Man is the only animal that knows he's going to die, so we invent a heaven to keep from going crazy. Most people are hypnotized by organized religion from childhood.

The history of a soldier's wound beguiles the pain of it.

I don't want it to end, and so, as every therapist knows, the ego does not want an end to its “problems” because they are part of its identity. If no one will listen to my sad story, I can tell it to myself in my head, over and over, and feel sorry for myself, and so have an identity as someone who is being treated unfairly by life or other people, fate or God. It gives definition to my self-image, makes me into someone, and that is all that matters to the ego.

People prefer the certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty.

As you look at many people's lives, you see that their suffering is in a way gratifying, for they are comfortable in it. They make their lives a living hell, but a familiar one.

The complaints of the child in us will never cease lamenting until it is consoled, answered, understood. Only then will it lie still in us, like our fears. It will die in peace and leave us what the child leaves to the man - the sense of wonder.

I'm amazed people talk about my helmet - saying it makes me feel psychologically better. I would love to play without it, but I'm not allowed to by the doctor. As long as I'm told by the doctor I'm running too much risk to play without it, I'll play with it. There's no other way for me.

There is a real comfort with the position of the victim, which can either result in true empathy or deep paranoia.

The novelty we want is always close to the familiar.

Should we be rewriting history just to make people feel good? That's not history, that's psychiatry.

... clothes sometimes gave one more of a lift than any philosophic comforting.