“"When I speak of love I am not speaking of some sentimental and weak response. I am not speaking of that force which is just emotional bosh. I am speaking of that force which all of the great religions have seen as the supreme unifying principle of life. Love is somehow the key that unlocks the door which leads to ultimate reality."” RealitySpeakForceLove IsPowerfulPrinciplesDoorsEmotionalKeysWeakUltimateResponseSupremeLove LifeSentimentalUnifyingUltimate RealityBreaking Silence Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“It is our duty to give meaning to the life of future generations by sharing our knowledge and experience; by teaching an appreciation of work well done and a respect for nature, the source of all life; by encouraging the young to venture off the beaten path and avoid complacency by challenging their emotions.” GivingWellsDoneYoungChallengesEmotionPathGenerationsTeachingDutySourceAppreciationVentureBeatenFuture GenerationComplacencyWell DoneKnowledge And ExperienceBeaten PathWork Well DoneOff The Beaten Path Author:Paul Bocuse
“Moral stimulation is good but moral complacency is the most dangerous habit of mind we can develop, and that danger is serious and ever-present.” MindMoralDangerousDangerSeriousHabitComplacencyStimulationHabits Of Mind Author:Joseph Grew
“Pride looks back upon its past deeds, and calculating with nicety what it has done, it commits itself to rest; whereas humility looks to that which is before, and discovering how much ground remains to be trodden, it is active and vigilant. Having gained one height, pride looks down with complacency on that which is beneath it; humility looks up to a higher and yet higher elevation. The one keeps us on this earth, which is congenial to its nature; the other directs our eye, and tends to lift us up to heaven.” LooksDoneEyeEarthPastHeavenHumilityPrideHigherRemainsDeedsActiveCommitLiftsHeightLook UpDiscoveringComplacencyVigilantElevationCalculatingNiceties Author:James McCosh
“In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.” VoiceCivilizationMidstKnivesComplacencyFeatsFling Book:God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism Source: God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism
“It is only in the depths of crisis and despair that the fear of losing one's personality breeds millennial hopes of rescue: otherwise, complacency prevails.” PersonalityDespairLosingCrisisDepthRescueComplacencyMillennials Author:Stanley Hoffmann
“It is in the nature of political bodies always to see the evil in the opposite group, just as the individual has an ineradicable tendency to get rid of everything he does not know and does not want to know about himself by foisting it off on somebody else. Nothing has a more diverse and alienating effect upon society than this moral complacency and lack of responsibility, and nothing promotes understanding and rapprochement more than the mutual withdrawal of projections.” KnowsWantDoeBodyPoliticalEvilIndividualUnderstandingResponsibilityMoralGroupsEffectsOppositesTendenciesMutualDiverseProjectionComplacencyWithdrawalLack Of Responsibility Author:Carl Jung
“Nothing about his life is more strange to [man] or more unaccountable in purely mundane terms than the stirrings he finds in himself, usually fitful but sometimes overwhelming, to look beyond his animal existence and not be fully satisfied with its immediate substance. He lacks the complacency of the other animals: he is obsessed by pride and guilt, pride at being something more than a mere animal, built at falling short of the high aims he sets for himself.” MenLooksSometimesLife IsFallTermAnimalExistenceStrangePrideBuiltAimGuiltMereSatisfiedSubstanceObsessedOverwhelmingComplacencyMundaneStirring Author:Lewis Mumford
“The final test of religious faith... is whether it will enable men to endure insecurity without complacency or despair, whether it can so interpret the ancient verities that they will not become mere escape hatches from responsibilities but instruments of insights into what civilization means.” MenMeanReligiousResponsibilityCivilizationDespairTestsInstrumentsMereEndureFinalsAncientInsightInsecurityReligious FaithComplacency Author:Reinhold Niebuhr